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kahoots1's avatar
kahoots1
Level 2
7 years ago

Backup Exec 16 - AWS S3 or Tape Gateway

 I currently have the aws tape gateway setup to do weekly backups for our servers.  Its working well minus the auto ejecting after the job is over (will see if this issue still happens with backupexec 16, just upgraded yesteraday).  I noticed backupexec 16 has the ability to add AWS S3 as a storage.  Can someone please explain the advantages/disadvantages of s3 versus tape gateway?   

Thanks

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AWS
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tape gateway
Windows Server 2012 R2

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  • LegAEI's avatar
    LegAEI
    Level 5
    7 years ago

    s3 storage automatically satisfies two pieces of the 3-2-1 rule.

    I like tapes because you buy them once every 10 years.

    • kahoots1's avatar
      kahoots1
      Level 2
      7 years ago

      I was referring to AWS Tape Gateway.  Not physical tapes :).  

      • LegAEI's avatar
        LegAEI
        Level 5
        7 years ago

        Oh, right, OK.

        I see where the question comes from then. If you can already hook up S3 as a storage target, why use VTL?

        I'm thinking Read Only is a big part of it. Could be wrong though, cheers.