The resolution for problems I have seen with Veritas' BackupExec tends to
make anything they do somewhat suspect in my eyes. Admittedly, I took over
an implementation project which was supposed to be already to roll out for
install, but the hidden pitfalls and continuing issues are a pain. ADSM has
proven to be more reliable and stable than the WinNT servers that I have to
support, and has often been the key to identifying problems on the servers
(NIC settings, hung servers, out of memory messages, etc.).
Damon Burkhart
Operations Analyst
Server Operations
Kmart Corporation
(248)614-0629
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua S. Bassi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 11:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: AW: Tivoli TMS (ADSM) vs Veritas Netbackup
As some of you may know, KeyLabs is not the most reputable testing
organization. KeyLabs was the firm that reportedly tested Windows
NT against Linux a year or so ago. They're results showed that NT
was faster in every category. When the report was published,
members of the Linux community were in an uproar because they had
not been invited to the test. As it turns out Microsoft funded the
performance evaluation, and had SEs out at the KeyLabs facility to
guarantee the best performance out of NT, while a Linux person was
nowhere to be seen.
As the first paragraph states "performance testing was completed at
the request of Veritas." I would wage money there was no IBM or
Tivoli involvement with the entire process.
--
Joshua S. Bassi
IBM Certified - AIX Support, HACMP,
Enterprise Disk(Shark)& Tape Solutions
Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Klatt, Michael" wrote:
> http://www.keylabs.com/results/veritas/veritas.html
Intersting... The test doesn't seem to test real world scenarios. I wonder
why they didn't test network backup and restore. I wonder why they tested
client and server on the same machine - how many people do that? Only one
test
went to a disk cache, the rest were directly to tape. Did they use client
side
compression on TSM? That would affect CPU and througput - especially on the
same machine.
I would like to see a test of the products in a scenario that matches how
the
products are used on a daily basis over time. For example, after measuring
backup times each day for a month in a controlled environment, how do they
compare?
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Ray Schafer | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.tkg.com
The Kernel Group <=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> Core Confidence for E-Business
TKG's Bare Metal Restore can re-build your machine from the ground
up with a single command - using the data stored in TSM (ADSM)
