Pete, Depends on the backup software you are using will it allow network backups? At my last place (BP) and here we have dedicated tape backup machines IE no tapes drives on live servers (IE no reboots when the SCSI tape is lost).
Cheers Paul Standards are like toothbrushes, everybody agrees you should have one, but no one wants to use yours -----Original Message----- From: Pfefferkorn, Pete (PFEFFEPE) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 3:50 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exhange/BDC tape backup question. Exchange 5.5 sp4. Here's is my question. We have one PDC which serves as a IMC as well as an OWA server. We currently have a second system with is our BDC which also has IMC and OWA on it. Currently both systems have backup tape units and tapes rotated on the nightly basis. The BDC needs to be replaced and the question posed to me by management is do we need a tape drive. Management would like to get a 1u Dell (doesn't come with tape) and put it in the rack with our dedicated Exchange Servers. I have never put a production system in place without a tape unit. I can backup the Exchange DB's from one of our other Exchange servers, but I'm wondering what everyone's opinion is of not have a backup unit on this box and would there be any problems/issues that you could think of. Thanks in advance! Pete Pfefferkorn Senior Systems Engineer/Mail Administrator University of Cincinnati 51 Goodman Street Cincinnati, OH 45221 Phone - (513) 556-9076 Fax - (513) 556-2042 _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************************************** The information contained in this message or any of its attachments may be confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited without the express permission of the sender. The views expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Sony or Sony affiliated companies. Sony email is for business use only. This email and any response may be monitored by Sony United Kingdom Limited. (6) *********************************************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
