Backup Software upgrade Ideas? 2

[sdtechlog]

Hello All,
we have been using Backup Exec 8.5 for years, but have now decided that we would like to backup directly to a file and ship it electronically to our backup hotsite. It is my understanding that 8.5 does not have this option and that we would need to upgrade, probably to 10d. I figure I should at least consider other options, can anyone give me some names of backup software I can research as potentially better than Backup Exec?

Thanks in advance...

 

[ntinlin]

Biggest other names would be CA Brightstor / Arcserve and EMC Legato.

 

[mbourne2006]

or IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager - has support for server-to-server virtual volumes, enabling onsite backups to be shipped to a second TSM server down the wire ...

Kind Regards,
Matthew Bourne
"Find a job you love and never do a day's work in your life.

 

[comtec17]

Cheap and very efficient -

http://www.bakbone.com

Take a look at their NetVault product.

 

[zoeythecat]

Netvault stinks. We have been using it in our environment for over 2 years now. The backup does not break down the size of the directories and files being backed up. We know how much space is being backed up to a tape, but again, there is no way to verify for example if you had a directoryA you will know it got backed up but you will not know the size. The only way around this was to purchase a "Disk Manager" product (which we have not done yet). My feeling is any backup product should allow you to have a break down of the directories and files.

I would recommend Veritas, or ArcServe (I don't know too much about Trivloi, but i'm sure it is better than Netvault).

 

[comtec17]

You are definatly speaking out of inexperience. Even the products you mention do not do what you are stating.

 

[zoeythecat]

I know exactly what I am talking about. I have had Netvault Workgroup (And now Netvault DataCenter) in my environment for the past couple years. What do you want to know? You call $2500 a year maintenance cheap? What experience do you have with this product? I'm speaking from experience. And yes, Veritas does do this. When a directory gets backed up you know how much data got backed up. The same with Arcserve