How about backing up to another filer? You could use "Snap Mirror". The main reson I suggest this is because to restore that much data off of tape would take days!
We have over 40 filers are are looking to backup directly to a "Backup Filer" using Snap Mirror and MAYBE have a tape robot off of the "backup filer" that would go to tape maybe once a month and be used as a DR device ofr offsite storeage etc.
Anybody do anything simular to this?
Thanks in advance, Lance
Ok, so I've been trying to figure out the "optimal" backup solution for my
environment for awhile and haven't had much luck. I
know this topic gets beaten to death, but if you can indulge me for a moment
that'd be great.
I have 2 760's with a 1/2 TB each (in a cluster). We'll be adding a 720 with
~1/2 TB very soon, and expect our overall storage
to at least double in the next 6-12 months. We have approximately 25 servers
(sparcs of various flavors) using the storage.
We'd like to have a unified solution for backing up the netapp's as well as
all of the servers.
The questions are:
1.) Which tape library to buy (leaning towards SpectraLogic Bullfrog with 4
drives/40 tapes).
2.) To connect the library to the network via gig-e or to the netapp's via
FCAL.
3.) Which software to buy and what to make it do (eh NDMP blah).
Did I miss anything?
So if you had this environment today what kind of solution would your propose?
-Brian