Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Exec Encryption

Thanks for the information, I will have to go through and see what is best for our environment.

Merry X-Mas

Daniel Jimenez

From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:06 PM
To: Jimenez, Daniel
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Backup Exec Encryption

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Jimenez, Daniel <Daniel.Jimenez AT owb DOT com> wrote:

I would like to get an idea on how I can setup a low cost AES 256 encryption on Backup Exec. It can be software or hardware based. Any assistance would be appreciated.

The current versions of Backup Exec support software-based encryption with the usual cpu-hit caveats. You can also go with something like a Decru DataFort - there is a SCSI variant as well as fibre variant. We use a bunch of these in front of our LTO-3 drives.

If cost is the primary factor, then the software approach might be the cheapest. Depending on how many drives you have, it might also be cheaper to replace a single LTO-2 with an LTO-4 although then you don't think you get backwards read-compatibility for your LTO-2 tapes.

Lots of options...

.../Ed

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