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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Eugene Vilensky
Sent: 07 September 2011 14:20
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Manually staging savesets from adv_file volume to tape

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Nelson, Allan <an AT ceh.ac DOT uk> wrote:

>> I love the Data Domain, but sizing them seems to be a black art, and we 
>> certainly got it wrong big time in our organisation.  We'll probably be 
>> moving away from it in the next 1-2 years which is a shame, but we can't 
>> expand the systems we're running (DD690) anymore so it would be new head 
>> unit and the cost is just bonkers, as is the maintenance.  There's talk of 
>> going back to tape!
>>
>> Cheers... Allan.

>This may be a very naive question, but EMC do not have a special price
>schedule for situations such as  this? In my organization, there is no
>funding model to support growth, only occasional 'bursts' in
>investment.  I suppose we are making the right choice to stick with
>the 'expandability' of tape.

>Cheers,
>Eugene

Not naïve at all - quaint maybe ;-))
Sounds like we have the same funding model!  I don't know about yours but ours 
won't be 'bursting' again any time soon - well not for the next couple of years 
at least.

We bought our DataDomain when it was owned by DataDomain (not EMC).  I guess 
we'd had it about 12 months before they were taken over.  I'm not saying it 
would have been any cheaper if DD still owned it but I do wonder.  
It'll be quite a wrench to go back to tape. We also use Veeam Backup & 
Replication for our virtual stuff and that can't write directly to tape so some 
big changes ahead!

Cheeers... Allan.

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