By die New Jersey SharePoint User Group vergadering verlede nag, Microsoft Sr. produk spesialis DuWayne Harrison aangebied Microsoft Data Protection Bestuurder 2007. DuWayne was great (en hy is deur een of twee kollegas van die publiek wie se name ek kan nie onthou). Jy kan die aanbieding materiaal hier.
Tot gisteraand, Ek het nog nooit gehoor van DPM.
Ek is nie 'n stelsel administrateur tipe persoon, so I’m writing this from SharePoint consultant’s perspective and may get some of the words wrong. Vir my, DPM is a backup/restore solution for Microsoft "stuff":
- Lêers
- SQL
- O / S
- Virtuele masjiene (leef rugsteun van die VM, selfs al is die VM self loop Unix).
- Kaal metaal herstel (d.w.z. katastrofiese hardeware mislukking).
Behalwe dat dinge, which I would consider to be minimal requirements for any kind of "real" Friends / herstel produk, DPM also has built-in intelligence for SharePoint. It understands about server farms and lets you restore:
- Hele databasis (bijv. inhoud, config, ens.).
- Webwerf versamelings
- Individuele webwerwe
- Individuele items (bijv. dokumente).
The actual restore process involves extracting the target data from the backup and save it into a "restore farm" en dan van daar af, beweeg dit na die produksie-omgewing (of waar jy wil om te herstel). I think this is seamless, but there was a lot of emphasis on the need for a "restore farm". The restore farm does not need to match the production environment in every particular (hoofsaaklik in die fisiese topologie) maar nie nodig aan te pas in terme van templates, weergawes, ens..
Ek het nie 'n einde demo te beëindig, but DuWayne did show screen shots and some live demos. It seems to be as good as it needs to be, ten minste vir 'n matige grootte omgewing.
I was particularly struck by the pricing. Obviously, hou my nie op hierdie, maar ek glo dat die duurste prys is ongeveer soos volg (in dollar):
- $600 vir DPM self.
- Hardeware vir 'n DPM bediener (en verwante dinge vir die media en alles wat).
- $450 vir elke bediener wat jy wil om te back-up ("enterprise" lisensie).
'N vyf-bediener plaas sou kos by die meeste:
- $600 vir DPM
- $450 x 5 bedieners = $2,250
Totale koste in lisensies: $2,850
In die praktyk, it would be less. You wouldn’t necessarily need to have DPM installed on each web front end, byvoorbeeld. You don’t necessarily need enterprise licenses either.
The user interface is seems very simple probably would not require any special training to get up to speed. I did ask about that specifically and there is apparently a 1.5 dag klas beskikbaar, maar dit is nie vir my duidelik dat iemand regtig nodig sou wees om dit te neem.
All in all, Ek dink dit is beslis die moeite werd om te ondersoek as jy daar buite op soek na 'n data beskerming oplossing vir SharePoint.
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