BackupExec & EMC Datadomain

[Tirelibirefe]

Hello;

Nowadays I need to implement a deduplicated disk based backup&recovery solution for a clustered vmware system which is hosting exchange 2010 and AD servers...

I have to decide how to position deduplication and backup software solutions together.

In some articles I see that Symantec Backupexec and/or Netbackup is used with EMC Datadomain

• EMC Datadomain has deduplication feature and it's used also as a backup/recovery software. If I buy EMC Datadomain, will I need to another software Symantec Backupexec or Netbackup ? 
• Both Backupexec and Netbackup has "deduplication" feature. If I prefer Backupexec, what's the advantage of Datadomain as an additional appliance?

[Kiran_Bandi]

Well you could have asked this question in EMC forums.

EMC Datadomain has deduplication feature and it's used also as a backup/recovery software. If I buy EMC Datadomain, will I need to another software Symantec Backupexec or Netbackup ?

Data Sheet: http://www.datadomain.com/pdf/DataDomain-DD600-Series-Datasheet.pdf

Both Backupexec and Netbackup has "deduplication" feature. If I prefer Backupexec, what's the advantage of Datadomain as an additional appliance?

For Backup Exec or Netbackup to perform dedup, no need of any other appliances.

You can use the same appliance (Data Domain) for dedup (Inline dedup), replication, as a filer, as a VTL...

Regards...

[Tirelibirefe]

Hello Again;

Unfortunately EMC support forums are not public somehow... That's why I can't enter questions there. As it's weekend, I am not be able to call EMC or Symantec...

Thanks for your reply.

Some articles causes me confusing "Symantec NetBackup (NBU) Design Best Practices with Data Domain" http://www.informationweek.com/whitepaper/Storage/Data-Protection/symantec-netbackup-nbu-design-best... . 

[Kiran_Bandi]

See this Symantec NetBackup Integration and Implementation Best Practices with Data Domain: http://www.datadomain.com/solutions/symantec.html

Post your questions about NetBackup under NBU forum so that you will get some useful advices.

URL: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/backup-and-archiving/forums/netbackup

Regards...

[teiva-boy]

Datadomain makes one of the best deduplication appliances on the market today and for the last 6 years.  They were the first, and still the fastest.

The DdataDomain (DD) appliance comes in varying sizes and speeds, with other options like replication, OST/BOOST, encryption, 10GbE, quad Gb NIC's, etc...  

It's important to know this is a backup target.  It supports CIFS, NFS, and VTL.  So if your application can natively dump a backup file to CIFS or NFS, you're golden.  If not, you'll have to use a Backup application to write to it.

BackupExec's as well as NetBackup's dedupllication options, offer a lower cost solution to dedupe, that is still rather new and has a bit of teething issues.  for example, their Vmware dedupe performance is dismal in BackupExec and wont be fixed till R3 they say.  But other things like flat files dedupe well.  If anything, NetBackup has a more robust dedupe option IMO. 

While it's lower in cost than a DD appliance, it's also not as good in terms of simplicity, complexity, and support.  But if you are on a budget, and "good enough," is sufficient to you.  Great.  But if you need solid predictable performance, and reliability, than you may want a combined solution of a DD appliance with a soild backup product like BackupExec or NBU

[CraigV]

https://powerlink.emc.com <-- that is how you access their forums...