I'm currently using Arcserve 6.2 w/an Exabyte 10h library backing up 250+GB of data on 8mm dat tapes. I can't get it all in one swoop and I'm adding more data everyday. My NOS is Netware 4.11 but soon will go to 6.0. I'm thinking about going SDLT but am reading a lot of negative things about it. Also thinking about switching to Veritas rather than upgrading to latest Arcserve. Anyone have any good suggestions or experiences you wish to share?
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You might want to look at the newer LTO tapes. They currently backup 100 to 200 GB per tape with the new ones coming out with 500 GB per tape.
I, unfortunately, have not found any non-Unix backup programs that I really like. Backup Exec was very good when it was Arcadia but went downhill after that. We are currently using BE 8.6 and that seems to be very stable for W2K, though. I can't say how well it works with NetWare. Despite all its problems, BE seems to be better than Arcserve, and the others. Nobody seems to care about tech support anymore, either. Well, I didn't mean to get on my soapbox.
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Sorry about that. James P. Cottingham
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I, unfortunately, have not found any non-Unix backup programs that I really like. Backup Exec was very good when it was Arcadia but went downhill after that. We are currently using BE 8.6 and that seems to be very stable for W2K, though. I can't say how well it works with NetWare. Despite all its problems, BE seems to be better than Arcserve, and the others. Nobody seems to care about tech support anymore, either. Well, I didn't mean to get on my soapbox.
Sorry about that. James P. Cottingham
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
[tab][tab]Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.
Hard to make recommendations without knowing more about your infrastructure and staff. How many servers & what OS's? What applications do you need to backup? Size of IT staff? Is there a dedicated backup administrator or not? What are your backup and restore requirements/timeframes? Onsite & offsite? The more info the better..
Some solutions may be more then you care to handle while others are fairly simplistic.
Some solutions may be more then you care to handle while others are fairly simplistic.
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