On 7/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here are some of the options that I thought of for starters ... can anyone > add to the list? > > Traditional direct to tape backup via media server > Direct to tape via SAN media server/client > Snapshot > Mirrored disk > Proprietary application backup to flat file first > Database exports to disk first > Agent based hot backups > D2D2T or VTL type solutions
Another option would be to grab raw partitions instead of individual files. a.k.a Flashbackup. I wrote a good chunk of the wikipedia page on the topic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup It goes into some detail on this topic. Criticism is welcome... Austin _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu