EMC Networker versus Backup Exec 11D
Hello all,
I have recently been assigned to administer our backup operations enterprise wide. We have purchased a SAN and have allocated 1TB of space for backup data. We are currently using Symantec Backup Exec 11d. We are thinking about dumping BE in favor of EMC's Networker product. It is believed that the move to the EMC product will allow us to better utilize our SAN, which was purchased by EMC as well.
My question is - Is it worth unloading BE for EMC networker? The EMC networker sales team have pitched a data duplication piece called Avamar - does BE have a compliment to this?
Thanks
I have recently been assigned to administer our backup operations enterprise wide. We have purchased a SAN and have allocated 1TB of space for backup data. We are currently using Symantec Backup Exec 11d. We are thinking about dumping BE in favor of EMC's Networker product. It is believed that the move to the EMC product will allow us to better utilize our SAN, which was purchased by EMC as well.
My question is - Is it worth unloading BE for EMC networker? The EMC networker sales team have pitched a data duplication piece called Avamar - does BE have a compliment to this?
Thanks
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I'm BE. No doubt about it BE and ARCserve are the two best backup products. EMC Networker formally Legato Networker had its strength in the UNIX market. They were never that strong or that good in the Windows market, and as a product would have died if not for EMC picking it up. No doubt about it, Networker is a solid product and because EMC owns it, it will integrate better and EMC will support it better. However my personal opinion BE is much better, and check with their sales group because chances are they have a data dedup option in the works. This whole feature thing is just a game of leap frog they all go through. Actually I just checked and they do have it.
http://www.symantec.com/business/library/article.jsp?aid=power_of_disk
I'm BE. No doubt about it BE and ARCserve are the two best backup products. EMC Networker formally Legato Networker had its strength in the UNIX market. They were never that strong or that good in the Windows market, and as a product would have died if not for EMC picking it up. No doubt about it, Networker is a solid product and because EMC owns it, it will integrate better and EMC will support it better. However my personal opinion BE is much better, and check with their sales group because chances are they have a data dedup option in the works. This whole feature thing is just a game of leap frog they all go through. Actually I just checked and they do have it.
http://www.symantec.com/business/library/article.jsp?aid=power_of_disk
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" indeed. BE doesn't Networker will be *much*..." should read "BE doesn't integrate nearly as well. Networker will be *much*..."