"Jim Majorowicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/16/2008 01:27:30 PM:
> I think I?ve been tasked with making something near impossible > happen, so I?m going to start by asking the question here then start > my google-fu. My boss has just asked for a backup solution that > will do the following: > > Complete a full backup of SBS 2003 server. > There is currently nearly 300 GB of data on this server. > Wants Exchange included (Currently about 30 GB in size) > Wants a system state > Wants it verified. > Must be complete in 10 Hours! I don't do it with Exchange, but I backup about 300G worth of Notes mailboxes to disk (fiber attached SAN), and then clone that to tape (fiber attached SDLT tapes) in under 10 hours, using NetWorker. So it is possible ... > > The current backup system is taking about 24 hours to do this not > including the verify, and I think there may be an I/O problem as it > is NTBACKUP with BackupAssist v.4.0.16 backing up to a USB 2.0 > drive. Yeah, I don't think you want to be doing that. :-) Not directly to the USB drive, anyway. > Unless my math is off, this backup should only take about 5 > hours, assuming the transfer occurs at about 20 Mbps. Unfortunately > there is some sort of bottleneck that is throttling this back to about 4. > > What am I missing that would help me fix this problem? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
