By Dave Young -
you got things you need to keep from the NSA?
+1 for bacula btw. i've said it 1000x before: its a total pain in the ass to set up but rock solid once you're goin. you don't even need to build BAT which is (arguably) the hardest part
From: "Pete Smith" <pete@realisestudio.com>
To: discuss@studiosysadmins.com
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 3:18:57 AM
Subject: Re: [SSA-Discuss] Low Cost Backup Alternatives to Commvault and Netbackup
Bacula will give you all the love you need.
Amazon glacier looks interesting, but I'm not super keen about handing
my backups directly over to the NSA ...
On 21 June 2013 03:47, Jeff Yana <jyana@ranknfilesys.com> wrote:
>
> I am looking for a low cost alternative to backup solutions provided by the major players (i.e. Commvault or Symantec). The only requirement is that it must support NDMP. I don't need de-dupe (I am backing up directly to tape), archiving, VMware or Exchange support or any other nice-to-have feature, I am just looking for a solid, reliable and easy to use solution that does not cost an arm and a leg.
>
> I have looked briefly at Zmanda, Netvault, BRU and Bakula. While I have used Netvault and find it solid, its still a bit on the pricey side. Zmanda and Bakula look interesting, but not sure how well they perform/scale in a Media and Entertainment environment. I dislike BackupExec, I think it is rubbish.
>
> Privately I like Netbackup but I loathe Symantec and think it far too complex and expensive a solution for this particular application.
>
> For those that might be interested, here is a nice little matrix that nicely summarizes the features of all the major players.
>
> http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=comparisons
>
> Not included here, but an area of interest to me, is cloud-based solutions. These seem unrealistic for most M&E customers without a whole lot of dedicated bandwidth and massively expensive SLAs.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> jy
>
>
> To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe
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Pete Smith
DevOp/System Administrator
Realise Studio
12/13 Poland Street, London W1F 8QB
T. +44 (0)20 7165 9644
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To: discuss@studiosysadmins.com
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 3:18:57 AM
Subject: Re: [SSA-Discuss] Low Cost Backup Alternatives to Commvault and Netbackup
Bacula will give you all the love you need.
Amazon glacier looks interesting, but I'm not super keen about handing
my backups directly over to the NSA ...
On 21 June 2013 03:47, Jeff Yana <jyana@ranknfilesys.com> wrote:
>
> I am looking for a low cost alternative to backup solutions provided by the major players (i.e. Commvault or Symantec). The only requirement is that it must support NDMP. I don't need de-dupe (I am backing up directly to tape), archiving, VMware or Exchange support or any other nice-to-have feature, I am just looking for a solid, reliable and easy to use solution that does not cost an arm and a leg.
>
> I have looked briefly at Zmanda, Netvault, BRU and Bakula. While I have used Netvault and find it solid, its still a bit on the pricey side. Zmanda and Bakula look interesting, but not sure how well they perform/scale in a Media and Entertainment environment. I dislike BackupExec, I think it is rubbish.
>
> Privately I like Netbackup but I loathe Symantec and think it far too complex and expensive a solution for this particular application.
>
> For those that might be interested, here is a nice little matrix that nicely summarizes the features of all the major players.
>
> http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=comparisons
>
> Not included here, but an area of interest to me, is cloud-based solutions. These seem unrealistic for most M&E customers without a whole lot of dedicated bandwidth and massively expensive SLAs.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> jy
>
>
> To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe
--
Pete Smith
DevOp/System Administrator
Realise Studio
12/13 Poland Street, London W1F 8QB
T. +44 (0)20 7165 9644
realisestudio.com
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