Anyone use Backup Assist?

[smidley]

Hey guys, I'm looking at buying Backup Assist for my company, and I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on this software? I'm going to mainly be using it to do tape backups. Thanks for any advice!

 

[AceXsmurF]

It is an 'ok' backup software, i ha

What are your requirements for your backup solution?

 

[smidley]

I'm looking at either buying that, or BackupExec. Backupexec costs more though. I'm going to need to do nightly incremental backups for 3 servers (roaming profiles, phone recordings, file share). And then a weekly full backup. The backups will be to LTO2 tape that will get taken off-site monthly.

 

[AceXsmurF]

Just these 3 machines?
All windows or a mix of OS's?
What is your budget?
Are not looking to do disk to disk to tape?

 

[smidley]

Yea, should just be 3 servers max. All are windows servers. Budget is just under 1k. Backups would be direct to tape. I have a dell powervault robotic tape library.

 

[dbwillis]

I use it at 2 companies I support, works great, good notifications and info if any fails, easy scheduling

 

[AceXsmurF]

You might want to check out what barracuda has too:
http://www.barracudaware.com/products/server-backup/products

 

[smidley]

I use it at 2 companies I support, works great, good notifications and info if any fails, easy scheduling

Do you use it with tapes or drive backups?

 

[marley1]

i use it with external drives, great so far =)