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*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * Signature powered by WiseStamp <http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Bob Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: > Why not do full backups every night? It looks like you have plenty of > space on the tape and that amount of data should only take 4-5 hours to > backup. > > Benefits: > > - You don't have to mess around with multiple step restores. > - Restores happen faster since you only have to access one tape. > - It also protects you from a bad full backup tape. > > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > 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:* Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] > *To:* NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected] > ] > *Sent:* Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:08:13 -0500 > *Subject:* RE: Backups > > > - We are backing up 7 servers (exchange, terminal, storage server, sql > cluster and two web servers). > > - OS - Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008 R2. > > - Amount of data backed up - 400GB > > - Backup Software - Backup Exec 12 > > - Tape drive LTO with tapes that can hold 800GB (Native)/1600GB > (Compressed) > > - The server that we are using for backup-to-disk has 1.3TB free on it > > _____________________________ > Cameron Cooper > Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified > Aurico Reports, Inc > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 > [email protected] | www.aurico.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 11:55 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Backups > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Cameron Cooper <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Due to a recent issue with some files within our system being deleted and > > then taking 4 days to restore those files, we are looking for > > suggestions/advice on what an efficient backup process should look like. > > Here's what we currently have setup: > > > > - Every Sunday of the week we do a full backup to disk and Tape > > - Every Monday - Friday we do an incremental backup onto Tape > > - Every Monday - Saturday we do an incremental backup to disk > > Maybe you could do differential backups to tape. "Incremental" > backs up everything changed since the previous Full or Incremental. > So in a restore, you have to restore the Full, then each Incremental. > "Differential" backs up everything changed since the previous Full. > So in a restore, you restore the Full and then the most recent > Differential. > > Maybe you could do a full every night. > > Maybe you could do disk-to-disk-to-tape. > > Insufficient data for a better recommendation. It would help to > know how many computers you're backing up, data set size, tape size, > backup disk size, and what software -- OS and backup -- you're using. > > -- 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/> ~
