It certainly does sound interesting.........

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lindsay Morris [SMTP:lmorris AT CRIS DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 1998 4:26 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: ADSM vs Legato
>
> Gee, I'd love to see that white paper, Dave....
>
> David Hendrix wrote:
>
> > Laz and others make good points about Networker, and Silos.
> >
> > Networker has probably the most expansive device and software
> platform
> >
> > support of the leading Storage Management products.
> >
> > If you are looking to replace ADSM (a unique paradigm) with
> something
> > else, look at other products in addition to Legato.  They have had a
> > notoriously poor user/product support rep and as Greg mentioned,
> > licensing can become a nightmare - heaven forbid your server loses
> > track
> > of the date momentarily, you'll lose your licenses.
> >
> > GEMS sounds great but I haven't experienced it.  Even now, I am
> > finishing a white paper review of Omniback II, ADSM, Networker,
> > Alexandria, and Netbackup.  Networker has many strengths, but I
> don't
> > think it is best of breed for master/slave architectures.
> >
> > For all the warts of Omniback II, checkout their integration with
> EMCs
> >
> > Symetrix ICDA (SRDF and Timefinder).  Cool stuff.  Makes backup of
> > large
> > DBs feasible.  Our largest, 2.3TB, takes 11 hours with 12 3590s on a
> > Sun
> > E10K using Alexandria.  More hardware reduces the window, but
> > something
> > like EMCs stuff makes life much much easier.
> >
> > Just my thoughts...
> >
> > David Hendrix
> > dmhendri AT fedex DOT com
> > --
> > It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to
> > program.  What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in
> > organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to
> be
> > self-critical?
> >                 -- Alan Perlis
>
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