Those of you moving to a D2D option, are you handling that additional space yourself, or outsourcing it? I do not have enough space on hand to handle back up data very far back if I went to disk only.
My off site link is to a colo and is only 10MB, so it would be difficult to handle. On Jan 11, 2008 11:00 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Nah (although you might have been), I dreamed it up about a year and a > half ago when I pulled the last of the tape drives off my network and > suddenly the sun shone brighter and the flowers smelled flowerier. DPM has > made it just that much better. (DPM is far more WAN resilient than > DoubleTake has dreamed of being. > > TVK > > > > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, January 11, 2008 10:41 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Back Up Best Practices > > > > Did you dream that up while polishing Shook's knob? :P > > On Jan 11, 2008 8:38 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Which brings up what I consider the new world Backup Best Practice which > would be NO tapes. I am of the opinion that true "backups" should be > done to disk, "archives" should be done to tape. For years Bus and > archives have really been one and the same due to technology's inability > to truly differentiate them, but that isn't the case anymore. > JMO YMMV, > TVK > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:05 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Back Up Best Practices > > The more tapes you have to use to get your server back into operation, > the greater the risk for something to be FUBAR and your restore being > useless. > > Luke had the best answer, a full then differentials until the next full > backup. That way you only need two tapes to ensure that you have a > complete backup set. > > > John H. Matteson, Jr. > Systems Administrator/ITT Systems > FOB Orgun-E > Afghanistan > DSN - 318 431 8000 > VoSIP - (308) 431 - 0000 > Iridium - 717.633.3823 > > "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group > in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among > you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the > Stars and Stripes." Woodrow Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:11 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Back Up Best Practices > > What is the latest recommendation on back up processes? We have been > small enough to do full back ups daily for some time, but now face time > issues with that and need to move to a tiered option. Is F-I-I-I-I > reasonable anymore or is it too risky? I do not want to be stuck with a > bad full back up in an emergency. > > -- > http://www.otbdesign.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > > > > > -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
