What is this 'tape' thing you are talking about? Are companies still using tapes? We haven't used those since Woodrow Wilson screwed up US foreign policy.
If the time needed for backup is not too great, I don't bother with incrementals or differentials. -----Original Message----- From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:59 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Back Up Best Practices Hi Tom: With a full and Differential, you need two tapes to make a full backup set. With Incrementals you need the full and every incremental backup up to the point of failure. Each element you add to the solution increases the chances that the solution will fail, for whatever reason. 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: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 6:26 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Back Up Best Practices John, Why Differentials over Incrementals. Your opinion? Thanks Tom -----Original Message----- From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:05 AM 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. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
