Backup Central

2 locations : 1 has 900 GB, 1 has 1.3 TB
Windows 2008 Servers
1 LTO 4 sas drive in one location
1 LTO 4 MSL 4048 library in "main" location
Backup Exec 12.5
Locations are connected via VPN and a mix of "business class" Cable 15m / 5m and 5m/1.7m

Hi,

I've looked for a while, but there is a lot of information out there. Currently we are just backing up locally to tape at both locations. What I want to do is sync the file servers so that they have the latest copies of files, basically 2 copies of the exact same data. The syncing doesn't have to be instantaneous because I doubt we have the bandwidth for that, but it should be daily. (Users need to work locally on a project because there is so much data involved: gis, cad, graphics.) Then I want to back it all up at our main location (the one with the LTO 4 library or possibly at both locations for redundancy). Any suggestions? Help?

Thanks in advance!

Gav

2 locations : 1 has 900 GB, 1 has 1.3 TB
Windows 2008 Servers
1 LTO 4 sas drive in one location
1 LTO 4 MSL 4048 library in "main" location
Backup Exec 12.5
Locations are connected via VPN and a mix of "business class" Cable 15m / 5m and 5m/1.7m

Hi,

I've looked for a while, but there is a lot of information out there. Currently we are just backing up locally to tape at both locations. What I want to do is sync the file servers so that they have the latest copies of files, basically 2 copies of the exact same data. The syncing doesn't have to be instantaneous because I doubt we have the bandwidth for that, but it should be daily. (Users need to work locally on a project because there is so much data involved: gis, cad, graphics.) Then I want to back it all up at our main location (the one with the LTO 4 library or possibly at both locations for redundancy). Any suggestions? Help?

Thanks in advance!

Gav

Data Domain??? Is the 2 location of the same geographic country? If so the first replication will be on-site, then subsequent is incremental and full on weekend. They will dedup and solve your 2 copies issue. The DD will be independent on the SAN/NAS Storage, irregardless of which 2 brand u have. Let me know if u need presentation slides to justify your requirement.

Data Domain??? Is the 2 location of the same geographic country? If so the first replication will be on-site, then subsequent is incremental and full on weekend. They will dedup and solve your 2 copies issue. The DD will be independent on the SAN/NAS Storage, irregardless of which 2 brand u have. Let me know if u need presentation slides to justify your requirement.

I hope I did that quote thing right...

I heard Data Domain just got bought out? Anyways....

Location is in two different states, same country. I'm not sure if I understand your suggestion. We need 1 copy of the data in each location. I know that deduping will remove duplicates. Will it also sync the data between the two places?

If this works ok, would the solution be expandable to 4 or more locations? Slides would be nice.

Thank you again.

Data Domain??? Is the 2 location of the same geographic country? If so the first replication will be on-site, then subsequent is incremental and full on weekend. They will dedup and solve your 2 copies issue. The DD will be independent on the SAN/NAS Storage, irregardless of which 2 brand u have. Let me know if u need presentation slides to justify your requirement.

I hope I did that quote thing right...

I heard Data Domain just got bought out? Anyways....

Location is in two different states, same country. I'm not sure if I understand your suggestion. We need 1 copy of the data in each location. I know that deduping will remove duplicates. Will it also sync the data between the two places?

If this works ok, would the solution be expandable to 4 or more locations? Slides would be nice.

Thank you again.

Hello Gav,

Yes, no worries Data Domain will still be valid for at least 6 months before being brought over the EMC umbrella. Support will still be available for as long as 3 years.

Actually 2 solutions can be use, Data domain and SNAP server. Both will syn and replicate. The difference is more on your budget and if data dedup will be required.

You can contact me for a more detailed solution.

God bless....

I would not go the appliance route, ala DataDomain. It's $$$.

There are much cheaper ways to accomplish what you want via software.

Native Windows FRS
Veritas Volume Replicator
DoubleTake
rsync
etc....

You will easily spend 10x or more for DataDomain where replication software can do it for under $5k MSRP for two hosts.

2 locations : 1 has 900 GB, 1 has 1.3 TB
Windows 2008 Servers
1 LTO 4 sas drive in one location
1 LTO 4 MSL 4048 library in "main" location
Backup Exec 12.5
Locations are connected via VPN and a mix of "business class" Cable 15m / 5m and 5m/1.7m

Hi,

I've looked for a while, but there is a lot of information out there. Currently we are just backing up locally to tape at both locations. What I want to do ...

Something not exactly the same but serves the purpose -

Take a look at - www.druvaa.com/phoenix

Its a dedupe+CDP enabled backup for local and remote servers. But still a beta.
The roadmap has replication.

(Disclaimer: I work for Druvaa.)