Hi all,

Im planning to move our backup infrastructure onto a centralised platform as it 
is currently split between Backup Exec for our Windows tin and BackupEdge for 
the Unix / Linux boxes. Generally speaking both backup platforms have been 
reliable but we are missing the robustness, flexibility and enterprise level of 
NetBackup so I am speccing out some hardware.

I would like to incorporate D2D2T as well so I'd like some recommendations on 
hardware (server and staging) and any 'gotchas' on what I've got in mind. I 
will be backing up around 100 clients, an equal mix of Windows 2003 / RHEL, 
usual Windows file servers, some MS SQL / Informix DB's and an Exchange 
cluster. A typical full backup is just under 2TB.

What I have in mind;

Sun Fire Platform (not sure on spec)
Quantum / Adic Scalar i500 with 2 x LTO-3 drives (SCSI)
A staging platform (a NAS device possibly, Quantum Snap server or along those 
lines, something compatible with NetBackup before spooling off to tape)

Any recommendations on the above or your what you currently run in-house would 
be great.

Many thanks,

Dale