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