Jcs, I work at a government agency, Brazil's Central Bank, like the US FED. I 
can't just choose the solution I want to buy. I need to specify what I need and 
wait for the best (lower price) proposal that fits what we need.
So I'm doing some PoCs so I can know the players, what features they have and 
what then don't.
So far I've tested the EMC Avamar, IBM Fastback (which doesn't fit) and 
CommVault Simpana.
The EMC Avamar seems to be the one that best fits our needs.
Now we are trying to test the NetBackup but its documentation is really 
confusing.
We bought the Clariions to store the backup data. That's why I'm don't want do 
buy storage appliances unless the prices aren't to much different as you said.

-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --

If you're of a size to consider this seriously, you can afford the 
appliances. Especially since the cost will not be a complete shock when 
compared next to comparable NBU functionality licensing. 

Data Domain just *works*. No futzing. Point a media server at it, 
configure replication, done. It really *is* that simple. 

Having said that, Your message doesn't quite make clear why your desire 
to stay with NBU as the core for this is so strong, but ... from your 
description, this is actually a situation where EMC's Avamar could 
possibly be the best solution overall. 

<ObDisclaimer: Just a satisfied customer. Who tried, and hated, NBU 
Dedupe, especially when compared to DD.> 

Regards, 
jcs

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