Well for what its worth I consider SAN 2 SAN replication with snapshots such
as RecoverPoint to be the best DR "Bare Metal Recovery" solution for our
environment.  Then after that anything I commit to backup is more for
retention then DR, so then it becomes a traditional NetWorker, or an Avamar
type solution to lighten the IO/Network load.

Really look hard at your Recovery Time Objective of any backup solution
versus a real time disk replication solution.

Alec

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:50 PM, TXDRmgr
<networker-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>wrote:

> I would have to agree as well.  Having a dedupe solution replicated to the
> DR site so we can begin recovery faster is currently more valuable than the
> few servers we have issues with recovery to dissimilar hardware.  A
> conversation I had today on this topic suggests more people are looking at
> tools that allow P2V as well as V2V and V2P.  Do you agree?
>
>
> enchanter wrote:
> > In regard to: Re: [Networker] Backup next step: dedup or BMR, or
> both?,...:
> >
> >
> > > I do not think there is a one size fits all answer to your question. It
> > > depends on your employer's requirements and budget. For us, de-dup is
> > > far more important than BMR, although BMR would be nice.
> > >
> >
> > Agreed 100% for us too.
> >
> >
> > > ... our requirements tilt toward protecting
> > > application data far more than they do protecting the components of
> BMR.
> > >
> >
> > That perfectly summarizes our needs too.  We can have an OS installed
> > and configured in a relatively short amount of time.  The time it takes
> > to get back the application data is generally orders of magnitude longer
> > than the time it takes to get the OS ready.
> >
> > Tim
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