DPM 2012 - setting up a facility to have offsite backups - QuadStor / firestreamer..

[Dickens]

Hi,

 

We're using DPM as our backup solution quite happily - two servers one intra-day for short term backup and one weekly for the longer term stuff, however I want to go back to having an off-network / off-site backup. We did have a Quantum Superloader and backup exec, but the drive went a bit funny, hence the move to DPM. Now we're using DPM I wouldn't go back, but I miss the security of having tapes (or similar) off site, just in case.

 

Looking at the options, we could:

 

Get the superloader repaired and run a monthly backup to tape, storing them offsite

Use a VTL with DPM and some relatively inexpensive portable HDDs to store offsite (the data I'd be looking to retain offsite is less than 1Tb, so could comfortable fit on a drive)

Sign up for Azure (or a similar cloud storage option) and backup long term stuff online

 

Following up on the VTL options, it would appear we can use Solarwinds or Firestreamer on the DPM box, but we're looking at £800+ for Firestreamer and double that for Solarwinds, or go down the free route with Quadstor. I'm considering purchasing an HP microserver, sticking CentOS on it and installing Quadstor, but was wondering if this was the best solution, if anyone has done it already and suffered any major headaches.

 

I'm sure we can't be the only people wanting to use DPM with offsite backups, what do others do to fulfil this requirement ?