Brian, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (BESR) is the way to go with the Windows machines. You can buy it from Invensys or get it off the shelf (cheaper that way, obviously). The P91 version is much more expensive than the P92 version, but both are reasonable considering the time importance of the data and the time savings from having to do all those tape backups. You can use BESR over the 3rd/4th Ethernet network to a master backup server, which is really nice. I highly recommend it. You can talk to Bill Juhr or Ed Larsen at Invensys for help setting it up. Tim Lowell Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company 19100 Ridgewood Parkway San Antonio, TX 78259 210-626-4929 (w) 210-253-0225 (c) timothy.lowell@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Long Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 12:36 PM To: Foxboro Subject: [foxboro] Backup Stragady - Win Servers We are implementing a number of Win Servers and eventually Win Op stations. We're curious to know how others handle backups. With Unix we kept at least 3 tapes and typically restored them to hard drives to verify the backup was ok and to have an emergency spare drive(s) on hand. Currently we are backing up Win Servers to USB drives but as we add more and more this will become difficult and not very practical. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Brian Long Arkansas Kraft _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave