We currently are investigating a SAN solution with a mirrored site using snapview. However, we would still back up the mirrored site, too.
Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Mem Med Ctr -----Original Message----- From: Whitlock, Teresa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 2:42 PM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: Backup solutions Have any of you ever considered solutions other than tapes? -----Original Message----- From: Chinnery Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:12 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: Backup solutions We don't back up a total of 200 gig. That's just the size of the tapes. It actually takes about 18 hours to back up everything which is approximately 120 gigabytes. I know that sounds long but it covers approximately 200 desktops (the director, for some reason, doesn't want to use home directories for desktop data; he wants it kept on each pc) which Veritas has to authenticate to. It also covers our Exchange server, 4 SQL servers plus the main hospital software (from Meditech) on 8 servers. It is fast though; a lot better than we had before. For example, our Exchange backup takes 15 minutes for 4.17 gigabytes. I'm sure if we used home directories on one server we could cut that time by 20-30%. Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Mem Med Ctr -----Original Message----- From: Shih, Henry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:30 PM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: Backup solutions How fast you can backup the size of 200GB? -----Original Message----- From: Chinnery Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 10:05 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: Backup solutions We use Veritas Backup (v8.6) with an Exobyte drive using 200 (2-1 compression) gigabyte tapes. Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Mem Med Ctr -----Original Message----- From: Whitlock, Teresa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:17 PM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: OT: Backup solutions What are people using for backups? Media and software? I'm evaluating what to do about our current tape backup solution. For a mid sized company we spend a lot of money on tapes. I'm wondering if there is another solution that would be just as good with less disposable cost. Teresa Whitlock ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
