My 2 cents... 1. Backup to disk, copies to tape for offsite. This is a MUCH faster process than straight to tape, especially with remote data. I find removable HDs to be much faster than tape. 2. Or, offsite should be something like Mozy; a cloud-based offsite. 3. Evaluate which of that 2 tb is archival and which is frequently changing. My experience is that large datastores like that often have large amounts of rarely changed data. If that's the case, it can be isolated to a once-a-week or once-a-month backup, and only the more frequently changed data is backed up nightly. This process usually results in a reduction of backup size by up to 60% in my clients.
The whole strategy of taking the data home has been discussed, so I won't go there. *********************** Charlie Kaiser [email protected] Kingman, AZ *********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: backing up too much data > > I have been backing up all our data to tape drives. A vice > president of the Museum likes to take a copy home regularly > in case our machines blow up... > > But now we have nearly two terabytes of data. Tape drives go > up to 1.7 T's, but I can only find libraries going higher. > > What other options do I have, so the VP can still take home a > copy of the data? > > Extra HDs take so much time. > > ~ 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/> ~
