getting ready to buy need advice

[rmleonard]

I need to buy a large backup "kit" – I’ll be backing up both Windows and Mac filesystems/data.

I have an XRAID w/ Fibre Channel and a few IBM e345 dual Xeons w/ UltraSCSI controllers

I am looking for a autoloader unit that can handle in the 100TB range or so

our GIS project division could have that much static data by this summer –

otherwise we are talking only a few 100GB/week in dynamic data.

I’ve built BRU once and suppose i can do it again… though rsync seems a happy way to do things on the Macs..

on the winders boxen – not sure yet…

The Campus backup system (Backup Exec) has been hacked several times <sigh> and now the main "systems" are so burdened with their backups that they can no longer support backing up the divisional needs <double sigh>.

A Canned system like Backup Exec or RetroSpec has certain benefits, but will it have the flexibility to backup the cross platform needs I’ll have? what if I need to install bandwidth filters to slowthings down on some segments?

Help!!!!!!!

Rich

[MDhaliwal]

If your looking to manipulate 100TB of data, I’d be looking into Atempo’s Time Navigator or BakBone’s NetVault. Both scale very well and work very well in cross platform environments. You’ll also get consolidated/synthetic fulls, which will cut your backup time big time.

Both products let you add in pre and post flight scripts to each backup job, or even hosts, so you can really customize your backup in many aspects.

If your looking at hardware, Exabyte has good performance, support and excellent pricing. You can get something in their LTO 3 Magnum line and that will be able to handle many a TB! If Exabyte isn’t your flavor, you can look at IBM or any other vendor. I’ve run IBM gear before, as well, and found it to be rock solid reliable.

How do you envision all of this working together?

Michael

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