Best practices for VMware backup - Webinar

[@keithjohnson1329]

Thank you for making this video :)

[@samtaylor2112]

I 'Like' tape. It is cheaper per TB even when costs of the drives and libraries are figured in, Using IBM 3592 media, over the last 9 years I have had 4 tape failures every other month I have a disk failure, so tapes are not only cheaper but more reliable.Also, no single admin can erase the contents of tapes with a single command;whereas, we discovered yesterday the single button to erase all information on a Cleversafe disk device. So tape is cheaper, more reliable, and safe from malicious administrators. Can you access information on tape as fast as disk, NO. There is the trade off,

[@kylehobie16]

Interesting how none of what you posted 3 years ago is true today except for the wiping part. I wouldn't have agreed with you 3 years ago, but you have your own preferences and I respect that. Heck, disk was less than 10 cents per GB three years ago. I realize tape media is less than that, but the drives were and are crazy expensive. I like the disk is rapidly verifiable and restoring from disk is orders of magnitude faster. I've never lost a disk on my backup NAS before. Reliability for spinning disk is unquestionable by today's standards especially in redundant systems.

[@TheRamosd]

separation , separation, separation