Fortunately for us, our renewal hasn't gone up all that much. So, I don't think we're in any danger of dumping TSM as it stands.
However, I try to not get married to any one product, that way the split up isn't as expensive. :-D I haven't heard any pricing for the Avamar stuff, would you mind sharing some round figures? See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf > Of Schneider, John > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:39 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Alternatives to TSM > > We are just finishing a Proof of Concept on Avamar, EMC's deduplication > offering. We have not made the decision to purchase, but the testing > went very well. > > It is better than most deduplication appliances because it actually has > it's own backup client, so you can eliminate TSM licenses and shrink > your TSM environment as you deploy it. Along with Unix, Windows, and > Linux clients, it has special clients for Oracle RMAN, SQL, Exchange, > etc. > > We do not have a goal to eliminate TSM entirely, but it is growing > rapidly and Avamar will contain the growth with better efficiency than > buying more regular disk and tape. > > > Best Regards, > > John D. Schneider > Phone: 314-364-3150 > Cell: 314-750-8721 > Email: john.schnei...@mercy.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf > Of > Howard Coles > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:06 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Alternatives to TSM > > Look at Avamar from EMC. I don't know how expensive it is, and it'll > take a re-architecting of your Storage (from tape to Disk), but it's > one > of many. > > See Ya' > Howard > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf > > Of Conway, Timothy > > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:31 PM > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Alternatives to TSM > > > > IBM just doubled our maintenance, so we're getting rid of TSM > wholesale > > and rearchitecting all pending IBM purchases for other platforms. > > I had made and won the case for keeping it as our solution despite > the > > expense, at the level we were at through 2007, but there's no > > discussion > > for this change. I can't show an instantaneous doubling of the value > > derived. An economic downturn is not the time to try to double your > > margin on an existing product and customer base. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > 73, > > > > Tim Conway > > Unix sysadmin, TSM admin > > Swift & Company > > 9705067998 > > timothy.con...@jbssa.com > > > This e-mail contains information which (a) may be PROPRIETARY IN NATURE > OR > OTHERWISE PROTECTED BY LAW FROM DISCLOSURE, and (b) is intended only > for the > use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the addressee, or > the > person responsible for delivering this to the addressee(s), you are > notified > that reading, copying or distributing this e-mail is prohibited. If you > have > received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately.
