Re: Backup strategy for your SAN ?

Hi all,

I'm new to these forums and have loved reading through these posts. Bob, I especially enjoyed reading your tutorials about creating an affordable SAN solution. That has been a huge help to me, so thank you.

As for backing up data, does anyone have experience with Quantum's SuperLoader 3 in a production environment? It's a LTO 4 autoloader you can get configured for SAS with 8 slots for only $3,600. For those who want to go the tape route, it seems like a great option. (My friend is a media archivist and would ring my neck if I don't use tape for backup, so that's the path I'm taking, but I'm still debating which LTO drive to buy.)

Then there's the software side of backing data up. Someone recommended to me BRU PE (http://www.productionbackup.com/). It's about $500, targeted to the music and film production industries. Sounds cool, but has anyone here used it?

thanks!
Ben