Just my $0.02 worth....
I have experience using a few of the popular programs, so I think I can
provide some useful information. I have used Dantz Retrospect, CA ARCserve,
and Veritas/Symantec Backup Exec.
Of these, I have found Backup Exec to be the best all around choice. We
have a number of customers using this with no major problems, including a
department at a local university.
I have not used ARCserve for many years, but I found its interface to be
very hard to navigate. This could have changed since the last time I used
it, but I have lost all faith in any software from CA so I have not tried it
recently.
As for Retrospect, it was total junk. The program did not run as a service,
so the server had to be logged in for it to even run. Plus, I am not sure
how it would handle multiple servers. I'm sure Retrospect has nowhere near
the functionality you want, but I thought I would mention it in the hopes of
keeping others from trying it. :)
I hope this helps.
Steve Fletcher
MCSE (NT4/Win2k), MCSE: Security (Win2k), HP Master ASE, CCNA, Security+
Email: safletcher@insightbb.com
Web: http://safletcher.home.insightbb.com
-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce@securityfocus.com [mailto:listbounce@securityfocus.com] On
Behalf Of Brent Gardner
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:35 AM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: What backup software do you use and like?
Hello, List!
I'm looking for backup software recommendations. We currently use
Veritas BackupExec v9.x and don't like it. I would like to find out
what people are actually using and think well of. I've had trouble
googling for this: results are typically outdated or blatant marketing
pieces.
We have 10 windows servers including (on separate machines):
2 AD servers
1 Exchange server
1 MS SQL server
1 terminal server
Full backups currently run about 300GB.
Currently using a Certance/Quantum 8-tape LTO Ultrium 2 autoloader
Would like capability for D2D2T backup.
What do you use and like? Or can you recommend a site with fairly
recent objective reviews?
Thanks.
Brent Gardner
