Thanks Mike - not too sound too dumb, does that mean it really isn't an option for SBS 2003 at all - so an upgrade to SBS 2008 would be the only/best answer?
Don K ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Hoffman <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:32:24 AM Subject: RE: DFS Setup - was "Backup Server" Don DFS never really worked in SBS 2003 and the removed it in the R2 version at the same time as improving it for the standard server product. It is a lot better and functions well in SBS 2008, so if you look at the branch office solution papers that should show you how. We have some clients who have upgraded to the Premium edition to get the 2nd server for this, not sure if foundation server has the DFS role - if it has then that would also be a good choice. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 18 September 2009 5:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DFS Setup - was "Backup Server" Anyone have a good link to how you set up DFS-R for this? The architecture is 3 locations. One has the main SBS server (2003) The other 2 remotes have DC/File servers. Would love to replicate their data for redundancy and the "poor man's backup solution" described below. Does 2003 support DFS-R or is it an upgrade to R2 (cost) ? Thanks Don K ----- Original Message ---- From: John Aldrich <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 7:50:43 AM Subject: RE: "Backup Server" That's a definite thought... although I was thinking something more along the lines of a "lightweight server" that's barely more than a host for a tape drive...but your idea of using DFS-R and then backing up the remote server makes a lot of sense as well.... problem being that we'd have to buy yet another full powered server...which might not be a bad thing as it would allow us to have a DC at both the main site and at a remote site.... Hmm... -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: "Backup Server" On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:27 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's the situation - we have about 150-200 Gigabytes of data on > our mirrored servers. We want to back that data up to something > other than the mirrored server. I was thinking of putting a "server" > up at one of our remote offices with either an integrated or external > tape drive and load some sort of backup software on it to write the > data to tape. Instead of that, I would: (1) Do a disk-to-disk sync from HQ to the remote server every night. (2) Do a disk-to-removable backup of the remote server every night. There are some very efficient ways to do disk-to-disk sync. DFS-R, rsync, Unison, etc. So you save time and bandwidth. Also, if you need a "day after" restore, all you need is the COPY command. And since the remote system is also being backed up (presumably with rotated media), you have all the benefits of that, too. You can use NTBACKUP without needing to pay for special backup software. Basically, a poor man 's disk-to-disk-to-removable solution. (Or buy a more sophisticated D2D2R solution, but you mentioned you're on a budget.) "Removable" can mean traditional tape or any kind of removable hard disk drive (eSATA, USB, FireWire, etc.). -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
