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Dec. 31, 2011

greg schulz answered this question

How much disk storage is ideal for backing up your server?

Scott the answer is it depends!
Building off the previous responses, it depends on your retention requirements, frequency of backups, and how many copies of each backup and in how many different locations. Your data footprint reduction (DFR) ratio from compression and dedupe can have ... more

Feb. 16, 2011

Fred Stuck and 1 other person answered this question

How often should you back up your network configuration?

I'm going to say this depends on what you want to accomplish. For device failure/break fix I would say before and after any change is fine and a scheduled once a week backup to be on the safe side. If your goal is for auditing ... more

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Nov. 15, 2010

Kevin Patterson asked a question

Do you have a Virtualization Infrastructure backup strategy?

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June 23, 2010

Kelly Fitzgerald answered this question

Windows 7 Back Up Software

Windows 7 has a built in backup function, click on start bubble in the lower left hand corner, then control panel on the right menu, then under systems and security should be a "back up your computer" link, click on it then follow the prompts. ... more

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June 23, 2010

Michael Krigsman and 6 other people answered this question

Back up software for a 5 computer office?

I have used Carbonite, Mozy, and BackBlaze extensively. For simple needs, all these products are good. However, once you start having lots of files, they all hit performance issues of various types.
In my case, I currently have 1.2 million files (totaling 1.5 terabytes) backed up ... more

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June 22, 2010

Michael Dortch and 2 other people answered this question

Do you use online back up services?

I have just experienced both Carbonite and Mozy, and blogged about those experiences at http://dortchonsaas.blogspot.com/2010/06/cloud-based-backup-in-real-life-my.html. I've so far come down on the side of Mozy, but am exploring alternatives such as JungleDisk and BackBlaze. I'll share more about my experiences here, and encourage all who ... more

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June 16, 2010

Paul Knight answered this question

How do you back up data in your office?

The first question that comes to mind is how are the 25 computers related to the 2 servers? If the 25 computers are PC workstations, then the recommendation would be to set up a central file server, use roaming profiles if necessary. A network attached ... more

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June 2, 2010

Gregory Taylor and 1 other person answered this question

Where do you store your back up files?

To answer the MTTR statement... In all reality... having a long MTTR is better than not having MTTR at all.. store backups offsite. Keep copies on site for immediate backups, but you better have your tapes and/or extra hard disks out of the geographical region ... more

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May 27, 2010

Guy Jackson asked a question

What brand do you recommend as back up hard drives?

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