At 10:56 AM 3/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Just a word of warning here. We use Arcserve and IMNSHO it sucks. You
>have to pay extra for things that should be included (like a backup
>agent for open files, and disaster recovery) Whenever you get a new
>version don't bother installing it because it won't work. Their first
>versions NEVER work, you will always have to download a 17MB patch file
>within a few days after the release if you actually want to *use* the
>product. I'm not talking about minor glitches that they missed, I'm
>talking about being unable to do backups onto multiple tapes, GFS not
>working/etc. Then you call their TS and find out they know less than
>you do about the product. Out of the 5 times in I have called
>Cheyenne's TS in the last 3 years, not once have I gotten a solution.
>The Amanda product mentioned in another message intrigues me, but I
>don't think it's going to do what I need.
>
>I'm looking for backup software that can do Disaster Recovery,
>Differential Backups, and Exchange Server Database backups at brick
>level. Any suggestions? What else do you guys use for backup software
>besides Arcserve?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mwagers@ocsnet.net [mailto:mwagers@ocsnet.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 1998 8:22 PM
>> To: 'ntisp@emerald.iea.com'
>> Subject: RE: NT Backup
>>
>> Use ARCServe for NT. Expect to spend 700 for the Enterprise product,
>> but don't you think keeping thousands of dollars of data is worth it?
>> :)
>>
>> ----------
>> From: Adrian Teasdale
>> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:49 PM
>> To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com
>> Subject: NT Backup
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> We're just setting up some NT machines for the first time.
>> Under Linux
>> we had a real nice nightly backup system and I have to look for
>> an NT
>> equivalent. What would people suggest and what kind of costs?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ade
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