I'm looking into getting a snap server for my backup needs. The 1100 is capable of up to 120 gb of storage. I know that its main purpose is as an external hard drive but it supports backup software such as backup exec. I'm planning on getting two of these and using them instead of my now defective tape backup. The price is about 900 for one. Not too bad. I just want to know if anyone else has tried this avenue and what their experience has been with it. Thanks in advance for the help.
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goodbye tapes hello snap server.. i hope
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Hello gmann, I would just like to say I hope that the SnapServer will meet all of your needs. In order to backup the SnapServer 1100 user BakupExec you will have to map a drive from the Windows tape server and backup the remote connection. The Snap1100 does not support installing agents onto the NAS box.
You can not install backup agents directly onto the NAS unit until you get to the SNAP 4200, 4400, 4500, and 14000 platforms.
>---------------------------------------Lawrence Feldman
SR. QA. Engineer SNAP Appliance
lfeldman@snapappliance.com
You can not install backup agents directly onto the NAS unit until you get to the SNAP 4200, 4400, 4500, and 14000 platforms.
>---------------------------------------Lawrence Feldman
SR. QA. Engineer SNAP Appliance
lfeldman@snapappliance.com
Your answer might be this new backup appliance called idealstor, It will backup to disk and let you eject them for offsite storage, I beleive the smallest one can backup to 250GB, we just got the 4drive one and are using it with BE 9 and are very happy with it.
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yep the idealstor sounds better. Still you have to wonder what the longterm costs of media will be. Even cheap IDE drives are more expensive then tapes. I'd imagine they take up more storage space and are larger too. And what do you really gain? Access speed i guess. No fast forwarding and rewinding of the tape to find the file. Actual throughput on a tape *can* be comparable to a modern drive these days. It's the seeking that drives kill tape on.
All in all i probably would be reluctant to use the idealstor or similar product in any medium to large capacity. For smaller ogranizations i can see it being pretty slick though.
All in all i probably would be reluctant to use the idealstor or similar product in any medium to large capacity. For smaller ogranizations i can see it being pretty slick though.
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