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:ccoo...@aurico.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] 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 ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 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 <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/> ~ ~ 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/> ~
