Onsite for now...we have 4TB storage to play with, however with media files and high def, that might get eaten up awfully quickly.
On Jan 11, 2008 11:09 AM, Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Those of you moving to a D2D option, are you handling that additional space > yourself, or outsourcing it? I do not have enough space on hand to handle > back up data very far back if I went to disk only. > > My off site link is to a colo and is only 10MB, so it would be difficult to > handle. > > > > > On Jan 11, 2008 11:00 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nah (although you might have been), I dreamed it up about a year and a > half ago when I pulled the last of the tape drives off my network and > suddenly the sun shone brighter and the flowers smelled flowerier. DPM has > made it just that much better. (DPM is far more WAN resilient than > DoubleTake has dreamed of being. > > > > TVK > > > > > > > > > > From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 10:41 AM > > > > > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > > > > Subject: Re: Back Up Best Practices > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you dream that up while polishing Shook's knob? :P > > > > > > > > On Jan 11, 2008 8:38 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Which brings up what I consider the new world Backup Best Practice which > > would be NO tapes. I am of the opinion that true "backups" should be > > done to disk, "archives" should be done to tape. For years Bus and > > archives have really been one and the same due to technology's inability > > to truly differentiate them, but that isn't the case anymore. > > JMO YMMV, > > TVK > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:05 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Back Up Best Practices > > > > The more tapes you have to use to get your server back into operation, > > the greater the risk for something to be FUBAR and your restore being > > useless. > > > > Luke had the best answer, a full then differentials until the next full > > backup. That way you only need two tapes to ensure that you have a > > complete backup set. > > > > > > John H. Matteson, Jr. > > Systems Administrator/ITT Systems > > FOB Orgun-E > > Afghanistan > > DSN - 318 431 8000 > > VoSIP - (308) 431 - 0000 > > Iridium - 717.633.3823 > > > > "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group > > in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among > > you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the > > Stars and Stripes." Woodrow Wilson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:11 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Back Up Best Practices > > > > What is the latest recommendation on back up processes? We have been > > small enough to do full back ups daily for some time, but now face time > > issues with that and need to move to a tiered option. Is F-I-I-I-I > > reasonable anymore or is it too risky? I do not want to be stuck with a > > bad full back up in an emergency. > > > > -- > > http://www.otbdesign.com > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter > > > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.otbdesign.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~