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Backupexec 12.5 to Backupexec 2010

tyk
Level 3
 I am currently using Backupexec 12.5 and backing up all the data from the server to "tape disk" using the Tape library. Now, one of the feature of Backupserver2010 is to eliminate the tapes because I assume it backups all data into the local disk of the media server.

The question is, does that mean my tape library will be useless?  Please clarify or if what im thinking is wrong then please correct.

Thanks!
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teiva-boy
Level 6
You back to disk because it's typically faster than tape, and restores are better than getting it from tape.

Tape still has a place, and that is for taking your backups off-site.  So you can have a policy that backsup to disk using the Dedupe option, and when that job is done, it makes a copy of the disk backup to tape.

Now you have two copies of your backup.  
1. For quick local restore using a significant less amount of space than without Dedupe
2.  A remote copy of the backup for DR purposes.

There are a number of companies that have eliminated tape altogether though.  With the right dedupe backend, you could have months to years of FULL backups on Disk.