Veritas vs Legato

[Richard Marshall]

I am trying to make a choice between the two backup solutions. We will be backing up HP-UX and NT systems. We have Oracle databases on a Symmetrics connected to the HP-UX systems. Is there anyone who has used both products? Is one better than the other?

[Roger Baptiste]

Not answering you question, but:
How about omniback 4?? Is it not in your
shortlist?

-raj

[Steve Bonds]

I've used both-- but mostly Veritas NetBackup.

Veritas scales very well, but has a steeper learning curve than NetBackup. Its mainframe-style batch scheduler will drive you nuts.

Aside from that, it works surprisingly well. It's compatible with a huge assortment of tape hardware, and will give you peak performance from your hardware once tuned a bit.

It's the only backup package I've used (ADSM, Omniback, Legato, homebrew, Amanda, and countless other bit-players) that I'll actually recommend.

Spend some time reading the manuals and you'll save yourself lots of pain.

[Anthony deRito]

Been using Legato Networker for 6 years now... love it... find it very easy to use and upgrade. Meta data is easy to manage and reporting is excellent. Cost is a bit high though. They have evaluation software on their site that can give you a good feel of the capabilites.

Tony

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Tammy,

Have a look at this thread. Might help

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Hope this helps

Thanks

[Stefan Schulz]

Think it is hard to say which one is better. Both make good reliable backups. It depends on what you have and what you want.

Legato has some more features and more supported hardware. Veritas supports more clients.

Check first if your hardware and software is supported.

Then check which one you find easier to use and administrade. AFAIK there are trial versions of both available.

If you are still not sure, check for prices (buy, support, hotline, education).

Perhaps you will find this site helpful: http://www.backupcentral.com .

Hope this helps

Regards Stefan

[Richard Marshall]

We didn't consider Omniback 4 because we are using Omniback 3.5 to backup our HP-UX environment. It is user friendly, but the database can only grow so big. I don't believe it has has SAN functionality.