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Question : Backup Exec 11D or CA ArcServe 11 of which I have and hate
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Currently using CA ArcServe 11 for server and client backup. I hate it. I would like to move to Symantec Backup Exec 11D but I would like your feedback. Here is my setup: Client - Windows 2000 sp4 - XP sp2 Server - Windows 2k3 R2 SB - Windows 2000 server running Exchange 5.5 Tape drive is DLTIV on Windows 2000 server and I have two Buffalo Terra Stations. The DLT I would like to replace with the Terra Stations. Will Backup Exec 11D do all that I need including Exch 5.5 backup utilizing the Terra stations?
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Answer : Backup Exec 11D or CA ArcServe 11 of which I have and hate
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I have used BackupExec since version 9.1 and still have a few 9.1 installs around.
BackupExec supports what they call backup to disk, so you can use those stations as backup disk locations and still have rotations, media labels etc on those.
It will easily support the tape drives. I have had problems with drivers on an older version, but got it soved, other than that has worked really well.
You will need remote agents for servers, and exchange agnets etc when you purchase. It can backup all versions of Exchange doing mailbox level or information store backups etc.
It also scales well to tape libraries which is what I use it with, but have just started doing some backups to NAS using the backup to disk folders.
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