Looking for for a disk to disk to tape backup system

[funkymatt]

any help is appreciated.

 

[ShellGuy]

So you are looking for a disk A to disk B then to tape backup? and you want it cheap, I would never use the word cheap in the same sentance with backup. As you get what ya pay for, and y tape not a nother drive off site or something?



Will G.

 

[funkymatt]

yeah, disk a to disk b to tape, then storing the tapes offsite. I don't know why we're sticking with tapes... not my decision.
Could I just set up a 2xNAS with like DFS, then backup to tape from one of those nightly? I'm new to this, lol.

 

[zephyrprime]

There is nothing like this that i know of but you can easily emulate the desired effect by setting up 2 different backup jobs. One to backup from a->b and another to backup from b->tape.

Unfortunately, this will not be cheap. A tape backup system that can handle 5TB is not cheap. I took a look over at dell and products are $10K+ over there.

 

[funkymatt]

I know, I need to bring this up to try to get the tape part eliminated.

 

[Slowlearner]

Take a look at this http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/d2d_bs/index.html?psn=storage

 

[ShellGuy]

slow neither of those meet the file requirements he has, we are looking at 5Tb of data, those only show 2Tb raw, I cant see the cost effectiveness of a tape system, you would be better off buying some 750gb drives or something..


Will G.

 

[MerlinRML]

I love how people are so quick to knock tape backups. In large scale data backup and over long term, tape backups are still a good thing. Disk/tape hybrid solutions for backup provide the best of both worlds to companies that need them.

A virtual tape library will do exactly what you are asking for. It should integrate seamlessly with your existing backup solution (if you have one) as a tape drive. Once backed up to a virtual tape (i.e. a hard drive) you can then migrate from the VTL to a real tape robot that connects to the VTL.

There are 3 major VTL solutions available. Quantum, Falconstor, and NetApp all make one. You can buy the Falconstor solution from the likes of EMC and others. I think most of the solutions start in the 2-4TB range and are easily expandable. Be prepared for sticker shock, these guys aren't cheap.

Other than that, some of the major backup software supports disk staging as an option. These just aggregate your backup data onto some disks somewhere before moving them to your tape drives. In this case, I believe you can use about any type of disks that you want, whether it be DAS, SAN, NAS, or iSCSI based.

 

[Kwaipie]

We just started using Data Domain. Check them out. We will be tapeless in another 2 months with the exception of financials which still need to go for 7 years.