Hi Bruce - Thanks for your email. I am looking to get away from tape as much as possible. We did use it for our ONLY backup means, and it did bite us in the "end". The "backup server" does have a new DVDRW drive, so I was going to use that in combination with the tapes and regular drive storage. Obviously that is a good start for day-to-day, but doesn't help if we have problems on-site (natural disaster, fire, theft, etc).
I am in the process of connecting two offices that are 900 miles away, so my thought had been to use each other as the remote site. However, I'm a little new to this so I'm struggling to get my arms around it all (speed, encryption, bandwidth, etc). I have an idea of how it should work, but I'm a one man shop without anyone but the vendors to tell me how to do it (with their software). Any thoughts or resources you might have - off list or on - are greatly appreciated. Todd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Barnes Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Backup Software Whatever software you use, remember to have a GOOD PLAN for storing your backed up data OFF SITE. You will also need a good plan for the transport of that data. It is NOT SAFE to just give it to someone to transport to their home and store it there. If the data is lost in transport, you WILL be held liable for the lost data by the courts as several court cases have firmly established liability for data that is transported by employees on behalf of a company and case law has the same effect as if a law was passed by Congress or your local state legislature - it becomes defacto law and must be adhered to and abided by just as if the law had been passed in a legislative session. Tapes are NOT dependable for long-term backup. They are difficult to restore from if they are not kept in a controlled environment. If they are exposed to strong magnetic fields, dropped, or exposed to high head, as in an automobile, they WILL loose your data. CDs that are burned on in-machine CD burners are not always reliable and will also loose data over a long term. The best mode of backup is now REMOTE, ENCRYPTED backup. There are many solutions available, some of them HIPPA compliant. None of them require the use of an employee or courier to transport the data. Several of them provide very strong encryption, ie: 448 bit, blowfish, further secured by a password that's used to generate the key for the encryption. The longer the password, the longer the key, the better the encryption. Before you make a backup decision, make certain it will not turn around and bite you in the butt in the future! Bruce Barnes Chicago -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Richards Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:23 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Backup Software Thanks Everyone. I hadn't considered Retrospect, but will look at them too. Todd -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Ognenoff Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Backup Software We use Retrospect too...servers and clients and it works great. - Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Imail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hirthe, Alexander > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: AW: [IMail Forum] OT: Backup Software > > Hello Todd, > > we are using EMC (formerly Dantz) Retrospect Backup, and we are happy > with it. > Cheap for many servers, easy to use and with the "Value Package" > including all, disaster Recovery, SQL, Exchange, Open File, ... > > http://www.emcinsignia.com/products/smb/retroforwin/comparison/ > http://www.emcinsignia.com/products/smb/retroforwin/addons/ > > > Alex > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Imail_Forum- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Todd Richards > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. Juli 2007 03:37 > > An: [email protected] > > Betreff: [IMail Forum] OT: Backup Software > > > > Sorry for the off-topic post, but with the expertise on this list > > I'm hoping for some advice if anyone has a minute. > > > > We are in need for some new backup software for our network (about 8 > > Windows > > 2003 servers). We had been using ArcServe (version 9, they are now > > on > > 11) > > and I'm not set on staying with that. Money is an object, but I want > > something reliable too. We will be using a combination of NAS and > > tapes > > for off-site storage, so that support is necessary. No Exchange to > > worry about, but we do run SQL Server 2000 on 2 of the machines. So > > it would be great if it could handle that but not an absolute > > necessity. > > > > I've looked at Backup Assist, Backup Exec, and Genie Soft. > > > > If anyone has any thoughts on these, or something else, I'd really > > appreciate it! > > > > Thanks! > > > > Todd > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail- > > archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > > > Siller AG, Wannenaeckerstrasse 43, 74078 Heilbronn > Vorstand: Prof. H.-F. Siller (Vorsitzender), Joern Buelow, Ralf Michi > Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Armin Sohler Reg. Gericht Stuttgart, HRB > 107707, Ust-Id Nr. DE145782955 To Unsubscribe: > http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
