Quantum DXi Series vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance

It is good hardware/software to do VMWare backup, very reliable and convenient device. Hyper-V backup may be less appropriate to do due to specific software needs.

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Seamless integration with NetBackup
Backup server, storage & de-duplication from one vendor
Scalable flexibility
Deploy across all environments - DC, VMs, remote office

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• A perfect solution for D2D backups. We are seeing a large savings with the de-duplication piece.
• Very versatile device. We like being able to use any backup protocol we need to for the many diverse jobs we have in the medical industry.
• Interface is simple and easy to use.

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• NetBackup Appliance is the best effective backup and restore solution out in the market for enterprise level.
• Fastest deduplication available in the appliance.
• First time ever V-ray implementation.

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• Every feature on the Quantum requires a license purchase, this is seriously annoying and drives the cost of the device up
• The cost of the device is somewhat high
• Active Directory integration is a bit of a pain

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• It's doing what we want.

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using Netbackup Appliance makes my work simple for Backup and Recovery .

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It has been efficient over the years that we acquired it.

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Support from Quantum was okay, they performed FW upgrade and replaced few faulty disks without any problem. Some old-style connections and requirements from them produced additional loads on our IT team.

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Support is great so far.

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The only aleternative looked at prior to the DXi was ExGrid, while both are great options the DXi offered a little more versatility and the support has been terrific.

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1) Storage: Reduce storage cost by replacing with Veritas intelligent deduplication.

2) Space

Save valuable floor space by combining both the backup server and deduplication storage into one appliance.

3) Power and Cooling

As an ENERGY STAR compliant backup appliance, the NetBackup 5330 reduces floor space and power consumption, letting you to

do more with your IT budget.

4) Robust Greater performance compared to the NetBackup 5230: Up to 3X faster backup, 5.8X faster recovery, and 4.9X faster replication. 5) Greater density

Delivers more TB per rack unit (RU) which reduces floor space requirements and lowers power and cooling costs.

6) Intelligent end-to-end deduplication

Reduces the size of backups by up to 50 times and network bandwidth utilization by up to 99 percent, so you can backup and replicate faster.

7) Flexible deduplication options

Deduplication at source, media server, or target; inline or post-process.

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• Storage Target for data that can be Deduped
• Using accent to do inline dedupe is great
• Works well with netbackup accelerator and netbackup

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• Improved operational efficiency.

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