Which backup? Four apps tested

How we tested


Contents
Introduction
BrightStor Arcserve
Legato Networker
Tivoli Storage Manager
Veritas Backup Exec
Specifications
How we tested
Checklist
Editor's choice
About RMIT

The scenario for testing included the following server configurations:

Backup Server
  • Single CPU running Windows 2003 Server (with a large backup drive array and single LTO 2 Tape drive)

  • Total backup storage space required <150GB

File Server
  • Single CPU running Windows 2003 Server with 150 users Database Server

  • Dual CPU running Windows 2003 and SQL Server

Mail Server
  • Single CPU running Redhat Linux and SendMail with 150 mailboxes

  • All software pricing sourced from the vendors was based on the above configuration.


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Talkback 3 comments

    I,too, would like to ask... &q ...Anonymous -- 29/05/05

    I,too, would like to ask... "What about CommVault?"
    Microsoft use Commvault at Redmond almost exclusively to back up and get off site 50-60 TB EVERY NIGHT.
    Gartners say in their June 2004 Report that Commvault's the most innovative and useable software on the planet...
    And yet you don't even test it amongst the four second best!
    And yet you say "Look no further??

    What about Bakbone - NetVault? Mark Stevenson -- 15/09/05

    What about Bakbone - NetVault?

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