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A small qnap or synology would probably be fine. What exactly do you plan on doing with vms? Just backing them up is no different.
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A small qnap or synology would probably be fine. What exactly do you plan on doing with vms? Just backing them up is no different.

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You could just get a bunch of external USB drives and rotate off site.<br />
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Nothing fancy and cheap.
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You could just get a bunch of external USB drives and rotate off site.

Nothing fancy and cheap.

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i see a scsi port. no USB3 . Just simple USB 2.
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i see a scsi port. no USB3 . Just simple USB 2.

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usb 3 cards are about 15 or 20 bucks new<br />
Use them right now.
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usb 3 cards are about 15 or 20 bucks new
Use them right now.

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Getting the tape drive fixed is only going to cost about $400 depending on what it is, replacing the head on an Ultrium costs about that much.
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Getting the tape drive fixed is only going to cost about $400 depending on what it is, replacing the head on an Ultrium costs about that much.

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I use SYMANTEC backup exec 2012 &amp;&nbsp;take daily backups on Tapes. My tape drive has become defunct now &amp;&nbsp;I &nbsp;am looking for solutions (preferably disk based) &amp;&nbsp;probably do a off site backup again from the backups already done on this hard drive. <br />
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I am looking for suggestion here on choosing the right hardware for backups . My Total backup data done is less than 1 TB.<br />
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I would like something that would work with my future setup as well &nbsp;which would be Virtualized environment (VMWARE).
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I use SYMANTEC backup exec 2012 & take daily backups on Tapes. My tape drive has become defunct now & I  am looking for solutions (preferably disk based) & probably do a off site backup again from the backups already done on this hard drive. 

I am looking for suggestion here on choosing the right hardware for backups . My Total backup data done is less than 1 TB.

I would like something that would work with my future setup as well  which would be Virtualized environment (VMWARE).

backup solution (hardware) for SYmantec backup exec 2012

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

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