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<div dir="ltr" >Also it still has a very high entry point to justfy using it - I would suggest over 20 PetaBytes as a minimum.</div>
<div dir="ltr" >Having said that HPSS is fully supported by IBM and used by most of the very largest GPFS sites.</div>
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<blockquote data-history-content-modified="1" dir="ltr" style="border-left:solid #aaaaaa 2px; margin-left:5px; padding-left:5px; direction:ltr; margin-right:0px" >----- Original message -----<br>From: "Marc A Kaplan" <makaplan@us.ibm.com><br>Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org<br>To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org><br>Cc:<br>Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Backup question<br>Date: Fri, Aug 30, 2019 2:16 PM<br>
<p><font size="2" >Certainly fair and understandable to look at alternatives to the IBM backup/restore/HSM products and possibly mixing-matching.<br>But thanks, Jez for raising the question: </font><br><br><font size="2" >What do you see as strengths and weaknesses of the alternatives, IBM and others? </font><br><br><font size="2" >AND as long as you are considering alternatives, here's another: HPSS </font><u><font color="#0000FF" ><a href="http://www.hpss-collaboration.org/ghi.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.hpss-collaboration.org/ghi.shtml</a></font></u><br>which, from the beginning, was designed to work with GPFS.<br><br><img alt="Inactive hide details for Jez Tucker ---08/30/2019 04:07:38 AM---Hey ho, You may wish to evaluate NetBackup (I have not)." src="cid:1__=0ABB0EF5DFDB98B68f9e8a93df938690918c0AB@" width="16" height="16" border="0" ><font size="2" color="#424282" >Jez Tucker ---08/30/2019 04:07:38 AM---Hey ho, You may wish to evaluate NetBackup (I have not).</font><br><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F" >From: </font><font size="2" >Jez Tucker <jtucker@pixitmedia.com></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F" >To: </font><font size="2" >gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F" >Date: </font><font size="2" >08/30/2019 04:07 AM</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F" >Subject: </font><font size="2" >[EXTERNAL] Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Backup question</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F" >Sent by: </font><font size="2" >gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font></p>
<hr style="color:#8091A5; " width="100%" size="2" align="left" ><br><br><br>Hey ho,<br><br> You may wish to evaluate NetBackup (I have not).<br><br><a href="https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/18716246-126559472-0/v107946958-126559472" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" >https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/18716246-126559472-0/v107946958-126559472</font></u></a><br><br>You can accelerate most 3rd party backup solutions by driving file lists via policy.<br>With a bit of additional development, it's not hard to achieve something extremely close to mmbackup.<br><br>Perhaps the prudent question is;<br>- What issue(s) make Spectrum Protect not the first solution of choice?<br><br>Best,<br><br>Jez<br><br><br>On 29/08/2019 14:58, <a href="mailto:Craig.Abram@gmfinancial.com" target="_blank"><u><font color="#0000FF" >Craig.Abram@gmfinancial.com</font></u></a> wrote:
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