I use Netbackup and vRanger (ESX) for backups at 2 different sites. I hate tapes, so I just set up some iSCSI LUNs and back up to that. Once a week we copy the Netbackup (or vRanger) images to a couple large USB drivse and send them offsite.
Works pretty well. Actual file copies can be slow, so I use Netbackup duplicate feature for the NB images and Netbackup to backup the vRanger images to the USB drives. This can be done during the day on the backup server so the backup window can be large if needed. Disk images are great. Faster backup times, faster restore times, a lot more portable (no taking a tape from one site to another then rescanning the entire damn thing), no tape relates issues, no stuck libraries, etc. My example uses Netbackup, I'm sure ntbackup/2k8 whatever backup will work just as well. Seth On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Murray Freeman <mfree...@alanet.org> 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 > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
