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> Subject: [networker] Networker vs other products
>
>
> Hi all.
>
> We're starting to look at possibly migrating from Networker to another
> product. We're running the backup server on Compaq (a.k.a. Digital)
> UNIX with Alpha hardware (server and tape library). The clients will be
> UNIX (Compaq Tru64, Solaris) and NT servers. We're also looking to get
> a new tape library to add to (rather than replace) the current
> environment. Does anyone have any product recommendations (backup
> software, tape library hardware, tape format)?
>
> One backup product that we've found which would work in our environment
> is the one put out by SyncSort. Does anyone have any experience with
> SyncSort's backup product (or any of their products)? How does it
> compare to Networker? Also, does anyone know of a discussion group for
> SyncSort and/or their backup product?
>
> Thanks.
> Teresa Biehler
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Thanks to all who responded (and sorry for the late summary - I had an
email problem and could not send it earlier).
* Veritas Netbackup
- Some of the big advantages with NetBackup are 1) an option to write
to tape in GNU-tar format vs a proprietary format (there is a throughput
hit with this option) for means of backup and archiving. 2) there Shared
Storage Option (ability to share a silo between numerous servers) works
compared to the Legato SmartMedia product (still unproven in our
opinion), 3) Veritas' ties to filesystem structure both with Unix and
with Windows2000.
- Supports a wide variety of platforms.
* ArcServ from CA
* Alexandria by Eagle Software, Inc.
- It's supposed to do everything Networker does, and be compatible with
DEC/Compaq equipment.
* Alexandria from Sterling (same as the above?).
http://www.sterling.com/content/prod_serv_factsheet.asp?plid=6&pid=149&sid=1
Alexandria is the backup software that Digital used to use for their
very large backup benchmarks.
* Knox from Arkeia
* STK
* CommVault
* Amanda.
- www.amanda.org, Freeware.
* Netvault software looked pretty good.
- For details about it, see the Web site at
http://www.netvault.com.
* Networker
- Best for enterprise backups and/or large amounts of data.
- Pretty nice overall.
- Pure crap.
- Legato would be fine for a large scale operation, but we hardly
spend time with it, and it's too complicated
* Syncsort
- Sort product is GREAT. No idea about their backup product.
- Our environment was too big to the product. We instead looked at
Veritas NetBackup.
- The product looked really nice but it did not perform as advertised.
Received on Fri Jan 21 2000 - 21:27:02 NZDT