Author: alex.wilkinson AT dsto.defence.gov DOT au (Wilkinson, Alex)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:08:10 +0930
Hi all, We are preparing for a migration from HP DataProtector to Veritas NetBackup. Currently our cell servers for DP are UNIX based. Upper management are thinking of replacing our UNIX DP cell serv
Author: jg AT datasec DOT ch (DATASEC Software GmbH Javier González)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:09:56 +0200
Hi Alex First, going from Unix to windows will be something like .......... From Mercedes to Fiat ? You understand what I mean? Second: I'm really interested to know the reassons to change from DP to
Author: mcarebackup AT hotmail DOT com (MCare Backup)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:32:15 -0400
Alex, We currently use Win2K3 servers for both a master and one media server. While everything seems to run okay, and it's easier to train GUI-reliant people how to use it, I'd recommend sticking wit
Author: jrmajor AT TexasChildrensHospital DOT org (Major, Rusty)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:05:47 -0500
I would say the main benefit of going to Windows over Unix is probably cost. True, Unix will have better throughput than Windows, but you can make that up by getting more Windows servers. But then yo
Author: Scott.Chapman AT icbc DOT com (Chapman, Scott)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:29:35 -0700
I have to disagree, if you want to keep it cheap, you can by cheap unix machines (sun sells opteron machines cheap, you can by linux compatible hardware just as cheap as the very same windows hardwar
Author: Charles Ballowe <cballowe AT gmail DOT com> (Charles Ballowe)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:45:12 -0500
A case for a windows master in an environment that is primarily windows and has a well structured domain/AD environment would be the ability to push clients. If your environment is primarily unix, th
Author: jlightner AT water DOT com (Jeff Lightner)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:03:27 -0400
If cost is the driving factor then you should go to Linux - its free. --Original Message-- From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]
We push Unix clients all the time. And updating Unix clients is much easier than updating a Windows client. The one driving factor we see (and we did a migration from a Windows master server to a Uni