Table 1: Features Comparison
  InteliNAS Exabyte E-Z D2D2T STORServer D1 Backup Appliance RocketVault
Base price per capacity $3099/480GB $6375/640GB (disk) $2990/250GB $1495/120GB
1TB RAID 5 configuration $6434
4160M 1.2TB @ RAID 5, Backup Exec Server and 1 agent
$7749 750GB (disk)
@ RAID 5, 560GB tape media, NetVault with 500GB VTL license.1
$7159
1150GB @ RAID 5, Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), 1 agent, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. tech support
$14,995
RocketVault 2U HS240, 1.2TB @ RAID 5
Capacity by form factor 1U: 480GB to 1.6TB
2U 1.4TB to 4.8TB
2U: 640GB (disk),
10 VXA tape slots
12U: 13.6TB (disk),
7 LTO tape slots
4U: 250GB to 1.6TB
6U: 750GB to 6TB
Mini: 120GB to 250GB
1U: 320GB to 500GB
2U: 800GB to 2TB
Price per GB $3.27–$6.46 $4.32–$9.96 $3.45–$16.20 $11.50–$20.79
Additional Windows server agents $280 $325 $445 N/A (agentless backup)
Other OS agents UNIX and Linux Novell NetWare, various and Linux, Mac OS X NetWare, various UNIX NetWare, various UNIX and Linux, OS/390, OS/400, Citrix N/A (agentless backup)
Offsite option Optional Scalable Linear Recording (SLR)/DLT/Super Digital Linear Tape (SLDT)/Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape drives from $509; autoloaders from $3895 Included Exabyte VXA PacketLoader 1 x 10 1U tape library or Exabyte Magnum 1 x 7 LTO autoloader Optional LTO/VXA tape autoloaders from $3356 Built-in network replication to remote RocketVaults
Open-file agent VERITAS Backup Exec Advanced Open File Option, $850 Open File Manager (St. Bernard Software), $1228/year TSM Logical Volume Snapshot Agent (included)2 Intradyn BackAgain ($395) and Open File Manager (St. Bernard Software)3, $1228
Exchange Server agent $945 $1295 $850 $5404
Microsoft SQL Server agent $945 $1075 $850 $540
Appliance OS Windows Storage Server SNAP Guardian OS (Linux-based) Windows Storage Server FreeBSD
Backup software VERITAS Backup Exec BakBone NetVault STORServer Manager and IBM TSM Intradyn BackAgain (optional)
Backup software location Backup appliance User-provided machine Backup appliance User-provided machine (optional)
NAS support SMB, DFS, HTTP, FTP, NFS SMB, HTTP, FTP, NFS, AppleTalk SMB, DFS None
Notes
  1. The included BakBone NetVault software is licensed to use only 500GB of disk space.
  2. TSM Logical Volume Snapshot Agent can back up open files on Windows 2000 clients that have multiple partitions. TSM doesn't currently support Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft VSS. TSM does support third-party products, such as Open File Manager from St. Bernard Software.
  3. Open File Manager, Server Edition supports Windows 2003 Standard and Web editions. The price of $1228 is a yearly subscription license.
  4. Includes Remote Server Agent for Intradyn BackAgain ($145), Intradyn Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server, and Intradyn Agent for Microsoft SQL Server ($395). Doesn't include required Intradyn BackAgain Server ($395).