[olug] Cost effective enterprise backup

[Justin Reiners]

have you used the Yosemite VMware plugin? how does that work?

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Craig Wolf <wolfout101 at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 CommVault
> I have used CommVault in the past and was REALLY happy with it after going
> through 4 others.  I would love to go back to CommVault if I can swing the
> cost.  I also had a fantastic support structure through a VAR for CommVault
> that solved my issues most every time but we did reach out to CV for
> assistance a few items and they were very good too!
>
> We use Yosemite where I am now...it is adequate, nothing special. It IS
> very inexpensive though.
>
> Craig Wolf
> (402)990-3010
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Christopher R. White <slaeyer at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I think personally they are interchangeable, but my boss found the legal
> > moniker himself, years ago, so we stick with that, lol.  We know all to
> > well that just because its free, does not make it legal to use.  I think
> > the legal part helps greatly to alleviate feats.
> > On Jan 29, 2013 2:03 AM, "Kevin" <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I thought it was Free/Libre Open Source Software. Either one, it means
> > the
> > > same thing.
> > > On Jan 28, 2013 10:04 PM, "Christopher R. White" <slaeyer at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Free & Legal Open Source Software
> > > > On Jan 28, 2013 10:02 PM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Jeff, Yosemite looks to offer VMWare hot backup, and for 1700
> > unlimited
> > > > > hosts, very nice.
> > > > >
> > > > > Christopher - What is floss??
> > > > >
> > > > > Commvault looks very interesting as well. I have been searching
> here
> > > and
> > > > > there the last week, Veeam looked promising, except for the
> $800/CPU
> > > > price
> > > > > for VM backup. Acronis is right around $600/CPU. I hate. did I
> > mention
> > > > > hate. bacula, not sure why. just do.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Christopher R. White <
> > > slaeyer at gmail.com
> > > > > >wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Did I mention BackupPC is FLOSS??
> > > > > > On Jan 28, 2013 9:16 PM, "Christopher R. White" <
> slaeyer at gmail.com
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > BackupPC is fairly straightforward.  It backs up all our
> Windows
> > &
> > > > *nix
> > > > > > > boxen.  It has options for bare metal and VM plus incremental
> > > > backups.
> > > > > >  We
> > > > > > > have it attached to an iSCSI device for speedy syncs and it
> > rsyncs
> > > to
> > > > > an
> > > > > > > off site Nas for backups of the backups.
> > > > > > > On Jan 28, 2013 9:07 PM, "Justin Reiners" <
> > justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Currently we are using avamar at cosentry to do backups. If
> you
> > > want
> > > > > to
> > > > > > >> call it that, we want to fond something a little more user
> > > friendly
> > > > > and
> > > > > > >> cost effective. I have been looking at acronis vmprotect for
> our
> > > > > VMware
> > > > > > >> architecture (6 hosts) 50 some VMs. 40 some Linux servers, 5
> > > windows
> > > > > > >> servers. What is everyone out the in the corporate world
> using?
> > > > >  Avamar
> > > > > > >> has
> > > > > > >> issues of restoring to the same machine and 1gb during work
> > hours.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> I plan on backing up to disk. And taking backup copies off
> > site. I
> > > > > would
> > > > > > >> love bare metal for physical machines, something avamar does
> not
> > > > have.
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