On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Cameron Cooper <ccoo...@aurico.com> 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/> ~
