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Ah, sorry, I guess I did forget to include what kind of backups I need to do. Basically we have a removable hard drive bay in a server that we store our incremental and full backups on. No images, no workstations, just file backup. The drives gets swapped out once a week to our offsite location. We do the same with a tape drive, but I wouldn't mind retiring that in favor of exclusive use of the hard drives. - P --- Peter Cole Information Technologist Michigan State University Press 517-355-9543 x124 -----Original Message----- From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Troy Murray Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 3:25 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Alternatives to Backup Exec? Are you looking to backup to tape or disk or use both in a staging backup? Do you need to do archiving of your data? The other "alternative" I've used is Acronis TrueImage Server on a system that only needs to have 30 days worth of backups. -t On Apr 15, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Peter Cole wrote: > Long story short, I am in a position where I need to purchase new > backup software for my four Windows 2003 servers. I first looked to > Backup Exec since it is listed on the Computer Stores website and am > trying to get Symantec to provide me with more product information > and help me find out what I really need but this is proving. > difficult. I guess they don't want my money. This, in combination > with less than favorable past experience with Backup Exec, made me > wonder what alternatives are out there and what is worth considering. > > Does anyone have any thoughts that they would like to share? The > only thing that will be backed up will be these four servers. > > Thanks, > > - P > --- > Peter Cole > Information Technologist > Michigan State University Press > 517-355-9543 x124 > -- Troy Murray Developer Michigan State University Biomedical Research and Informatics Center (BRIC) 100 Conrad Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-432-4248 Fax: 517-353-9420 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.icalx.com/public/troymurray72/BRIC%20Work.ics