Acronis Backup Advanced Design: Centralized vs Distributed
Hello,
we are in alpha stage of implementing Acronis as Enterprise backup system. It's a big company with a number of sites in Europe and North America. I am considering 2 types of deployment: centralised and distributed and trying to identify the pros and cons of both. These are my findings, please correct or add info as you find necessary.
CENTRAL (1 AMS, dedicated SQL server, ASN and storage local to sites)
CONS: intra-site replication / all jobs in one place / no access control on backup jobs
PROS: minor investment (one less server per site)
DISTRIBUTED: (1 AMS/ASN per site)
CONS: more servers needed
PROS: Acronis traffic is only local / can install SQL directly on the management server
Is this correct? Am I missing something important? How heavy can Acronis traffic (AMS <-> Acronis clients) be?
Thanks
Luka

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