Connie Samuel wrote:

> We are currently investigating the possibility of backing up our HP e3000,
> Novel network, Windows 2000 Servers, and a Linux server with the same
> software.

we too had the same glorious thought once upon a time....to back up our big
3000s over the network.  it took about a week of testing to prove that it
ain't ever gonna work....at least like how we had envisioned it.

the problem, imo, is not who's software you use -- rather it's that at best
your mpe box is only/ever going to talk at 100mbits (100base-t).  if you have
a small system...say less than 20gb (or maybe 50...) and have the luxury of
say 8-10 hours of 'unavailability' -- then sure go ahead 8-]

the real problem is the lack of gigabit connectivity...and that's why it was
on the most recent sib.  granted, it was a shot in the dark...but it might
have gotten hp's attention.       - d

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