Cheryl,

 

Although I'm curious as to how you narrowed the list down to these two
vendors, I'll answer the question on your terms.   Perhaps you were too
small for the likes of Copan (right there in Longmont with you) and
SEPATON.  

 

I'm eagerly awaiting the GA release of the de-dupe versions of SEPATON
and Falconstor.   They'll probably outperform Data Domain on the high
end, but not everybody needs that.  In addition, Data Domain's got them
beat by about three years and several hundred happy customers.  There's
something to be said for a big installed base.

 

If the Falconstor unit gives you something you can't get from DD, then
go for it.  It's all about meeting your requirements.  Just realize
that, although they've got a long list of happy VTL customers
(especially if you include all the EMC, IBM, and Sun deals), you'll be
an early adopter of their de-dupe product.

 

BTW, you don't need to buy more drive licenses for you VTL.  You need to
buy a VTL license, which is priced per GB.

 

If you use DD to make a DSU, right now you don't pay per GB.  That will
come in NBU 6.5, though.

 

---

W. Curtis Preston

Author of O'Reilly's Backup & Recovery and Using SANs and NAS

VP Data Protection

GlassHouse Technologies

 

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From: netbackup-bounces at backupcentral.com
[mailto:netbackup-bounces at backupcentral.com] On Behalf Of King, Cheryl
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:40 PM
To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] FalconStor vs. Data Domain

 

We are going to add a Disk backup solution to our environment.  We
narrowed it down to FalconStor VTL and Data Domain.   We've got the cost
down on both to be equal, except that with FalconStor we'll need some
additional Veritas Drive licenses depending on how many virtual drives
we define.  We're leaning toward FalconStor because it's easier to scale
and there's no proprietary hardware.  Data Domain we'd have to keep
adding another DD device to upgrade.

I looked through the archives of this Email list and didn't find any
negative press on FalconStor.  Are there any FalconStor VTL users that
have had a bad experience?   Anyone want to share a good experience with
them?  We're down to the wire and can't look at any other solutions so
it's just between these two. 

Cheryl King

System Administrator II

AIS - OpenView System and Servers Certified

Intrado Inc.

1601 Dry Creek Drive

Longmont, CO 80503

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fax: 720.494.6600

email: cheryl.king at intrado.com

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