Nice thing about a SW solution like Falconstor is if you decide to drop
it, you stop paying for the license, and al you got left is a disposable
intel machine that can be redeployed, and bunch of SAN storage.
No proprietary HW investment.

Paul

> -----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 
> Hindle, Greg
> Sent: December 1, 2005 9:02 AM
> To: william.d.brown AT gsk DOT com; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] VTL vs. Disk based backups
> 
> 
> We are looking to phase out tape or most of it in the near future and
> move to more disk based backups and then using ILM or HSM to move data
> from higher end storage to lower end storage and then to tape (if
> needed) for long term storage. We have been looking a EMC and
> Falconstore. With EMC we will use new disks based on their module with
> Falconstore we will reuse some older disk storage array that 
> we going to
> be removed. But the thinking now is to install a VTL with Falconstore
> and use our old Hitachi storage as the backup storage. Money Is not a
> issue here. What is the issue is that it must be easy to 
> manage, and if
> needed, be able to be reused if we decide to move away form VTL in the
> future and not be stuck with something we cant use.  
> 
> 
>  
> Greg
>  
>  
> 
> -----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
> william.d.brown AT gsk DOT com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:07 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] VTL vs. Disk based backups
> 
> I think you have got to tell us a bit more about the issue you are
> trying to address.
> 
> Are you looking to get rid of tape altogether?   Or are you 
> looking at 
> alternatives as a primary backup, with a tape as secondary 
> offsite copy?
> 
> Could you use the ability of FalconStor and NetApps to clone data
> cross-site, do you have the WAN bandwidth, or do you have 
> just one site?
> 
> Are you just trying to fix slow clients?
> 
> What kind of DR do you have to provide? - e.g you may absolutely need
> tapes ready to send to a DR site, with picking lists per 
> application to
> suit your recovery priorities.
> 
> Is EMC including Clariion or would using the EMC CDL mean supporting
> another disk array type?
> 
> Do your NetApps have SnapMirror/SnapVault/OSSV?
> 
> Do you have loads to spend? (you don't have to answer that...)
> 
> -----
> People who do this (and we don't...yet) have very different 
> ways even of
> using VTLs.  As Charles pointed out, NetApp and NBU 6 are 
> designed to do
> some cool things.
> 
> William D L Brown
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Hindle, Greg" <Greg.Hindle AT constellation DOT com> Sent by:
> veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> 30-Nov-2005 20:13
>  
> To
> veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> cc
> 
> Subject
> [Veritas-bu] VTL vs. Disk based backups
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> We are looking at VTL technologies with EMC being the front leader. We
> are looking at upgrading to netbackup 6.0 Solaris 10 soon. My backup
> partner in crime disagree with the direction we should go. I think we
> should go with disk based backups and my partner want to go with VTL.
> Now since we do not have this in yet it is hard to look at both and
> "see" what is better. SO has anyone here also researching this subject
> and have their own opinion? We are a Netapp/EMC shop so the 
> back disk is
> not the show stopper but the future of both technologies. Any care to
> share their views? 
>   
> Greg 
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