So, what makes you think that a commercial product won't also lose files after months, unless you make it so big that it eats inordinate amounts of disk space.
Oh, and BTW, I have set up our file server with a dedicated 1tb partition for all of the VSS copies (for 7 1-3tb partitions). Kurt On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:42 AM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: >>Most of the time previous versions worked, a few times i had to pull from >> backups- > > > This issue with self-service VSS is two-fold; > 1)sometimes they don't realize for months when something is missing, and by > then the previous version is gone. > 2)If I show them that, then as sure as the sky is blue and water is wet, > they WILL INEVITABLY overwrite other files. > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > >> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:30:25 -0800 >> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Network Dumpster/Recycle bin >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> Turn on Volume Shadow copies, and show them how to self-service? >> >> Kurt >> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:08 AM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I have a site where I need some type recycle bin for the file server, I >> > have >> > done literally 9 restores of "missing files/folders" in the last two >> > months. >> > >> > Most of the time previous versions worked, a few times i had to pull >> > from >> > backups- >> > >> > The file server is a 2012r2 and the clients connect over the lan, and >> > others >> > via Citrix and/or 2X running on a 2008r2 RDS. >> > >> > Ideally something free would be nice, however, if they have to pay so be >> > it. >> > I have pointed out that what they are spending on my time, as well as >> > downtime is costing them money already. >> > >> > thanks >> > >> > >> >>
