I was able to do 1 TB to a USB drive in less than 8 hours while the machines were live. That would depend on how you do the work and the version of USB you are using.
YMMV Jon On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Murray Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > I do have multiple servers to be backed up, so I suspect that the USB > interface may be too slow. Do you see any issues with backing up from other > servers over the network? > > > *Murray* > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:09 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: DISK BASED BACKUP > > Go with the native tools in Windows 2008 and use disks instead. > Depending on which 2008 you can do different things. R2 is better than the > orginal. If the entire server is less than a TB then a simple USB drive. > > Jon > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Murray Freeman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> We're a small shop and have half a dozen servers in use at present, but >> will be expanding. We currently sue 3 tape drives to back up our servers, >> and are using NTBackup on Windows Server 2003. We will be moving to Windows >> Server 2008 maybe next year, and I'm aware that NTBackup has been replaced. >> With that in mind, we're considering conversion to disk based backup media, >> and we want removable disks so we can send media off site regularly. I'd be >> interested in what devices and software are currently in use or at least >> what recommendations you might have. >> >> >> *Murray* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
