Anybody ditched tapes completely/cheap array recommendations?

[datsunman]

Thinking through the logistics of dropping tape backup and going completely D2D. Anybody done this?

I was thinking along the lines of two large SATA arrays, one in prod site one in DR. D2D in prod and then replicate over to DR. Replace the drives/array every three years.

Initial thoughts suggest there would be reasonable savings.

Thoughts?

Looked at Nexsan, any other recommendations for a large SATA array?

 

[datsunman]

It's all replicated to DR, which is in a different building...

 

[datsunman]

Some food for thought there.

Our backups are sent to disk every night and then copied off to tape during the day. All servers are replicated to DR, either on continuous or nightly schedule depending on content.

I have very low storage requirements so replicating the disk backups (and storing multiple copies) would not pose a significant problem.

J1nxy - any examples of regulatory/statutory requirements? I've been looking for written examples but struggling to find anything.