[THIN] Re: System Back-up solution.
- From: Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 13:33:30 -0400
I think that is a bad idea. In the end you still need tapes. I would look
at a dedupe unit. It saves the files to a disk for quick restore, but also
allows you to back the files up to a tape. Something like the HP dedupe
unit here is what we are probably going to go with.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06b/12169-304616-3755723-3755723-3755723-3896393-3954793-3954794.html
Jim Kenzig
http://www.kenzig.com
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Doug Rooney <Doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Greetings all.
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> We currently have DLT VS1 tape back-up as well as USB 2.0 connected
> external drives.
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> We are using Backup Exec for the tapes and custom batch programs for the
> external drives, which by the way are connected on a separate back-up
> server.
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> Our tapes are old and have many failures, upper management has decided to
> abandon tapes and go only with external drives.
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> My question is, has anyone done this? What software do you use, Pros /
> Cons.
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> The problem I am experiencing now is in order to back-up the data bases, I
> need to take them off-line.
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> Thank you for any advice you can offer.
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> (Exchange 2003, Windows 2003(multiple), one set of external drives are
> 500GB the other is 250GB)
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> Thank You
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> ~Doug Rooney
> Sonoma Tilemakers
> IT Manager
> 7750 Bell Rd.
> Windsor Ca, 95492
> it@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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