RE: [OT] Backups

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The thing is, the days of "big tape drives" are over IMO ...

... a "big" tape drive is hugely expensive (as are the tapes
themselves) an=
d
they also need regular maintenance (cleaning etc.) - I'd be the first to
sa=
y
that I love seeing a tape drive churning away but the reality nowadays is
that for most small businesses they're just completely uneconomical!

1Tb hard discs are listing at about =A3230 (500Gb hard discs seemed to have
touched down at about =A370) so I honestly think that the way to go is
back=
ing
up to hard disc and then simply remove them from site regularly.

I guess how the strategy is implemented would have to depend on just how
much work the guy can afford to lose in one hit ... i.e. how much of a
fallback position does he need. If he reckons he can afford to lose a weeks
worth then he could just keep a few rotating full backups that are done
every weekend (say) or maybe a full backup every weekend and a nightly
incremental?

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Alex Monaghan
> Sent: 01 June 2007 15:28
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Backups
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> For simplicity, a big tape drive or a device with a simple auto-loader
> would
> be a good idea.
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> If you have a reasonable Internet connection then you could try
setting
> up
> an rsync server and doing an incremental rsync backup each night
> (that's how
> I keep a security copy of 1 of my customers who I can't trust to
backup
> daily)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Rob Mouser
> Sent: 01 June 2007 14:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Backups
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> Hi all
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> This is OT but I am sure is very relevant to us media storage junkies!
> I am
> trying to help out a friend who wants to improve his back-up but I
> don't
> know which way to take him. I'll try and explain his set-up:
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> - One server running SBS 2000
> - Currently around 200gb of data and exchange folders
> - One tape drive Travan 20/40
> - One licensed copy of Backup Exec v9 SB Edition
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> Now obviously his tape drive cant backup all his data and because the
> staff
> in this small office are email junkies he's not even backing up the
> entire
> Exchange store either onto a single tape.
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> He wants a 'single' one stop back-up solution that's fairly automated
> and
> simple. He just about manages to get his staff to put a fresh tape in
> each
> day :-)
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> Almost ALL his data is design files and images and thus compressing
the
> data
> doesn't have a huge effect.
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> His data storage needs are likely to double in the next 12 months.
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> So should he look at one of the new generation 400/800gb tape drives
or
> should he be looking at harddisc backup (Say to something like a
> terastation.)
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> Tapes have the huge advantage of being able to be taken off site thus
> providing a more robust recovery solution.
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> Perhaps the solution is both?
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> Ta
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> Rob
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