We copy critical SQL data and hourly transaction log backups to our website hosting facility. We only have a T1 connection, and this is about 500 MB daily, so it takes about an hour to do the full backup at night.
LiveVault's full-time incremental backups appear to ameliorate the bandwidth problem I have with the setup mentioned above, but I really question the recoverability. You really are putting a lot of faith in the fact that their agent isn't buggy, and they really can restore data correctly. Most backup products use Microsofts or Oracle's APIs, which are well-documented and reliable. LiveVault doesn't. Plus, I'd take a long, hard look at their financials before commiting to anything. You've got to be sure they're going to be around for the long haul. If not, you might have to set up a whole backup system in a very short while if they go under, or losing necessary archival data completely. -----Original Message----- From: Luke Levis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:04 PM Posted To: Windows NT/2000 List Conversation: online backup solution Subject: online backup solution does anyone have a third party backup your critical data over the internet.. ie. www.livevault.com or any of their competitors.. just wondering.. thanks ************************************************************************ *** The information contained in this message is intended only for the confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or any agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately. SMG reserves the right to monitor and review all content sent to and from this email address. Messages sent to and from this address may be stored on the SMG email system. ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
