Yes, and it works great.  The key (as with most IT things) is to understand how it works and to use it appropriately within the correct environment(s).

Since it de-duplicates client data before it leaves the client, it works especially well for virtual hosts that are likely sharing network resources.  The scaling path for the solution is very clear, simply add more nodes to your grid when needed.

Getting data offsite is also easy – you implement a remote grid and use IP-based replication.

 

I recommend to start you get EMC to provide a detailed presentation on the product so you can get a deeper understanding of the product.  If you use it in accordance with its design it will work as expected.

 

 

 

We’re a netbackup shop running NBU 6.5.2a. We currently have some data domain appliances that we backup roughly

25% of our nightly backups to. We’re looking to go tapeless at some point in time and were considering getting larger

Data domain appliances to accomplish this. We’re also a EMC shop. Our EMC BURA guys have been pushing their Avamar

Solution to us. I must admit it sounds promising, but I’m a little skeptical at this solution.

 

                Has anyone had any experiences, either good or bad with Avamar?

 

 

Don Klebba
Quicken Loans
Storage Management Team
DonKlebba AT quickenloans DOT com
phone: (734)805-7791