I would go with Unix for scriptability, but that's just me. I haven't
heard anything about quality of support on Windows. I know from experience
with this list, both in answers to my questions and in other traffic, that
a script that solves a given problem is often already in existence written
in sh, ksh, or perl and people are happy to pass useful tips and scripts 
along. Even on Windows, without nice scripting tools, the command lines 
have felt better than the GUI.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Riedesel [mailto:mried AT MIT DOT EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:16 PM
> To: Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Choice of platform for Master Server
> 
> 
> We are about to purchase Vertias NetBackup DataCenter for our mix of 
> Solaris, Windows and Linux
> servers and our Oracle databases.  Our IT director favors Windows for
> the master server since it is less expensive and he was told 
> it is the 
> better choice
> since the Windows version is better supported and has more features.
> 
> However, I am going to be responsible for administering this 
> system and 
> while I have many
> years experience with Unix administration, I have only user-level 
> experience with
> Windows.  Would I be well-advised to advocate using a Solaris master 
> server instead,
> or is Windows really the better choice?  We have only the Dell and 
> Veritas salesmen's advice to
> go on at this point.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
> Mark Riedesel
> Systems Manager/DBA
> Sloan School of Management
> MIT
> mried AT mit DOT edu
> 
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