You have a budget, so take these less expensive solutions with a grain of salt:
DFS-R: I would begin making sure your data is replicated to a single location so that it can easily be backed up, and you seem to have everything you need to do it with DFS-R. As long as your Windows 2003 servers are R2, you're set. Just replicate the important data back to home base, and perform the backups against that. DFS-R is very bandwidth efficient and can be scheduled to run with little-to-no bandwidth during on-peak hours and full bandwidth at off-peak hours. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb540031%28v=VS.85%29.aspx --- BackupPC: I can't recommend enough the open source BackupPC software. BackupPC pulls data from your servers over SMB, NFS, or RSYNC (or SSH for Unix OSs). Yes, it requires Linux, but it is extremely capable and easy to use. Incremental and full backup options, per-file deduplication, and archive options for tape, cd, or DVD offsite archival. http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ --- I hope you find the solution you're working for. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Hartung [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:28:48 -0800 Subject: RE: Backup Software > See below... > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Dir of I.T. > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > _____ > > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:51:41 -0600 > Subject: RE: Backup Software > > > With respect, I'm still not clear what you're looking to backup. Server > backups. > > > > > Is it all of the data, is it the subset of the data that's at the remote > sites?I'd plan to back each server up to its local location and periodically > replicate. I'd replicate bidirectionally between the Main and Cross-Town > locations and replicate from the Out-of-State back to the Main location. The > plan is to only backup what's changed since the last backup. Most of the > backup solutions I've looked at have utilities to compress the incremental > backups into fewer files to reduce the total number of files. > > > > > > > You have 3tb available in each location, is that 3tb you could backup to, or > are you saying it's 3tb of potential source data in each location?Just > mentioning that to say my budget does not need to cover additional storage > space. > > > > > > Are the servers file servers, Exchange servers, SQL servers? If so, what is > the data split?No Exchange but we do use MySQL which I run data dumps on > daily. > > > > > > What do you do now for backup?Arcserve using disk-to-disk-to-tape. > > > > > > Generally, I'd suggest moving to d2d2t but use source side dedupe and > technologies like synthetic fulls to cut down your backup window. > Personally I'm still a fan of tape for the "stick it in a safe" factor, tape > libraries (kind of) solve the "forgot to change the tape" thing, and if > you're doing d2d2t having a tape in a library is less important as your > backups will still run. I don't really have any archival requirements. My > main concerns are being able to quickly restore downed servers, reduce or > eliminate the backup window and reduce or eliminate the use of tapes and > depending on people at the remote site to put the right tape in, if they > remember to do it at all. > > > > > > _____ > > > From: Bob Hartung [[email protected]] > Sent: 17 November 2011 6:20 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Backup Software > > > > We have 3 locations with 10 servers > > > Main Location: (7) Windows 2003 and (1) Windows 2008 servers > | | > | | > Wireless Bridge VPN > (36Mb x 36MB) (3MB x 384K) > | | > | | > Cross-Town Location: Out-of-State Location: > (1) Windows 2003 server (1) Windows 2003 server > 350 GB of Data 250 GB of Data > > We already have NAS units at each location with at least 3 TB of available > storage. > > Budget: $7500 > > My intention with D2D is to have one full back with incremental backups so > the backup window should be a non-issue. The incrementals can occur multiple > times a day using VSS. > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Dir of I.T. > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > _____ > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:18:12 -0600 > Subject: Re: Backup Software > > What's your budget, size of environment, and amount of data for backups on > a daily/weekly basis? > > > (One thing to look at, if you're a Microsoft shop, is > http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/data-protection-manager.aspx > ) > > > > > > > > > ASB > http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker > Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Bob Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been researching backup software and I'd like to go with a disk-to-disk > solution with offsite replication for disaster recovery. We currently are > doing disk-to-disk-to-tape and it's taking too long. Plus I'm tired of > people telling me they forgot to put the next tape in. > > I'd appreciate any real-world recommendations on what's good or warnings > on what's not so good. > > Thanks. > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Dir of I.T. > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > _____ > > > MIRA Ltd > > > Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England > > Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 > VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 > > > The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of > the intended recipient. 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