Yes, and it works great.
The key (as with most IT things) is to understand how it works and to use it
appropriately within the correct environment(s).
Since it de-duplicates client
data before it leaves the client, it works especially well for virtual hosts
that are likely sharing network resources. The scaling path for the
solution is very clear, simply add more nodes to your grid when
needed.
Getting data offsite is also
easy – you implement a remote grid and use IP-based
replication.
I recommend to start you get
EMC to provide a detailed presentation on the product so you can get a deeper
understanding of the product. If you use it in accordance with its
design it will work as expected.
From:
veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Klebba,
Don
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 06:31
To:
'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Anyone
using avamar
We’re a netbackup shop running NBU 6.5.2a. We currently
have some data domain appliances that we backup roughly
25% of our nightly backups to. We’re looking to go tapeless
at some point in time and were considering getting larger
Data domain appliances to accomplish this. We’re also a EMC
shop. Our EMC BURA guys have been pushing their Avamar
Solution to us. I must admit it sounds promising, but I’m a
little skeptical at this solution.
Has anyone had any experiences, either good or bad with Avamar?
Don
Klebba
Quicken Loans
Storage Management Team
DonKlebba AT quickenloans DOT com
phone:
(734)805-7791
