[Veritas-bu] choice of master/media server platform

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Definately, send him packing . . . back to redmond, where he obviously
came from . . . ;-)

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        From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Paul
Keating
        Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:03 AM
        To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
        Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] choice of master/media server platform
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        Fire the consultant?
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         -----Original Message-----
        From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Guang Yu
Liu
        Sent: October 25, 2005 10:00 PM
        To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
        Subject: [Veritas-bu] choice of master/media server platform
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                Hi all,=20
                        I know there were some debates before regarding
OS choices for NBU but I'd like to ask one particular question. This was
coming from an external consultant.

                        Background: I am a Unix guys so normally are
biased towards stability/flexibility etc of *nix. But the consultant
told us that since backups are mainly using I/Os, the buses should be an
important deciding factor as well. He went out and found that even the
most expensive of Sun servers tend to have PCI buses with 66MHZ only
(most with 33MHZ) and most of the Intel boxes have 133MHZ PCI buses. He
strongly suggested that we pick Windows for that.

                        Your opinions?=20


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    <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi all,</FONT>=20
    <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face=3DArial =
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    know there were some debates before regarding OS choices for NBU but =
I'd=20
    like to ask one particular question. This was coming from an =
external=20
    consultant.</FONT></P>
    <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face=3DArial=20
    size=3D2>Background: I am a Unix guys so normally are biased towards =

    stability/flexibility etc of *nix. But the consultant told us that =
since=20
    backups are mainly using I/Os, the buses should be an important =
deciding=20
    factor as well. He went out and found that even the most expensive =
of Sun=20
    servers tend to have PCI buses with 66MHZ only (most with 33MHZ) and =
most of=20
    the Intel boxes have 133MHZ PCI buses. He strongly suggested that we =
pick=20
    Windows for that.</FONT></P>
    <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <STRONG><FONT=20
    color=3D#ff0000><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Your opinions?</FONT>=20
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