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#1
RKLE - Posted 8:39 pm PDT 06/4/09 (6108 Posts)
ca software runs slow for me.
#2
Toolman - Posted 6:52 am PDT 06/5/09 (9 Posts)
Arcserve has to be the worst backup software available. I can't believe CA is still selling it. If you haven't yet tried Symantec Veritas Backup Exec or Symantec NetBackup (for larger infrastructures), then you don't know what you're missing.
CA products in general are lackluster, but my experience with Arcserve is that it's slow, unreliable, and requires frequent patching to fix all of its bugs. I saw three Arcserve installs for small infractuctures (less than 10 servers) *never* run right, even with support from CA, even after they were in place for over a year.
Yes, tape backups require a lot of hand holding because the data you're backing up typically changes from day to day, but Arcserve is a waste of time. Free Arcserve? You get what you pay for.
CA products in general are lackluster, but my experience with Arcserve is that it's slow, unreliable, and requires frequent patching to fix all of its bugs. I saw three Arcserve installs for small infractuctures (less than 10 servers) *never* run right, even with support from CA, even after they were in place for over a year.
Yes, tape backups require a lot of hand holding because the data you're backing up typically changes from day to day, but Arcserve is a waste of time. Free Arcserve? You get what you pay for.
#3
Toolman - Posted 6:53 am PDT 06/5/09 (9 Posts)
...and don't even get me started on CA Unicenter! 
#4
dave_c - Posted 6:26 pm PDT 06/5/09 (7434 Posts)
... waiting for the $500 30-day trial version, your data is too valuable to depend on a free trial.
#5
gremlin246 - Posted 11:41 am PDT 06/12/09 (57 Posts)
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#6
RKLE - Posted 8:23 pm PDT 06/15/09 (6108 Posts)
don't mess with ca.
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