Galaxy's licensing scheme is straightforward; to support a given database or OS, you buy the module for that software. We only wish the license didn't arrive on a floppy disk. CommVault also doesn't show detailed OS-platform support on its Web site, making it difficult to research the product without calling the company.
Galaxy's clean, easy-to-use interface runs as a Java application in a browser window. You can access the interface from virtually any machine with a Web browser and Java support. An MMC (Microsoft Management Console) snap-in shows the Event Viewer, Job Controller and CommCell Browser windows, from which you can monitor or change just about every setting.
Galaxy lets you remotely deploy endpoints on Windows and other platforms, including Unix distros. You'll need to know your main backup server's DNS server name: Galaxy doesn't provide a drop-down box to select it.
Although Galaxy supports a decent range of endpoints, including Macintosh and Linux, the main backup server must be on a Windows box because the product uses Microsoft SQL Server. This disadvantage is somewhat mitigated by administration from any platform that supports Java and a Web browser. CommVault also has media endpoints for running libraries on other platforms.
Galaxy supports Windows 2003 VSS technology for snapshots and open files, though there's no full-system (bare metal) restore. The product also provides NDMP support for NetApp filers and EMC Celerra servers.
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