Which backup? Four apps tested

Editor's Choice: BrightStor ARCserve Backup R11.1

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

Given our modest scenario, any of the packages tested would easily do the job. Veritas Backup Exec, the least expensive solution, can certainly handle the task but we feel it does not quite have the ability to cope with a rapidly growing infrastructure without migrating to its big brother Netbackup, which we did not test. Both Legato and Tivoli products are overkill for the current task but each can handle full blown enterprise infrastructure with Tivoli, in our opinion, being the better of the two. But for an easy to drive solution that has the ability to keep pace with considerable growth in infrastructure, and at a reasonable price, we feel BrightStor ARCserve Backup R11.1 has all the bases covered.

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What about CommVault? Anonymous -- 05/01/05

What about CommVault?

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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??

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

What about Bakbone - NetVault?

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