Thanks for your input. I'll see about finding a good consultant. One of our fellow listers works for a consultancy in Atlanta and I've sent them email.
-----Original Message----- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 12:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: D/R and SAN -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Saturday, 25 September 2010 12:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: D/R and SAN > Well, I need *some* sort of archival backup. Really? You sure? > I don't like not having any sort of archival backup. What you like, and what the business needs, are two different things. Think of a Venn diagram. There will be some areas that overlap between your 'likes' and 'business needs'. Everything else is wasting your time Do you need full back-ups every day? Differential? Incremental? What needs to be backed up - everything? Only some things? What is your RTO? Can some stuff be backed-up to online storage - does it all need to be offline? Etc, etc, etc. <please don't bother to answer now - it's pretty clear you need to go away and figure this out> All of these things drive what you need to buy. Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 12:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: D/R and SAN You are missing the point. You don't know what your requirements are yet. How do you even know you need a tape library?!? Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Friday, 24 September 2010 11:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: D/R and SAN I appreciate all your input. I have decided to revisit my plan at a later date after I've gotten a better handle on how much data I have that I would need to move from desktop machines. I still hope to bring email in-house next year, but the SAN project (if it ever comes about) will probably be put off for awhile. In the meantime, for D/R purposes, I am going to see about getting a tape library with a good maintenance contract. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
