Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Feb 12 13:39:17 CST 2009
Not trying to sound repetitive and sorry for being late to this thread but most of my clients I have set up with DriveImageXML (http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm) and have that setup to do over-night backups. The pluses on this product is that it will perform a backup image while the computer is running with other tasks, does a complete image, not only the viewed files, individual files or directories can be easily brought back through a simple 'file-manager' type system, the processes can be fully automated through command scripts and there is a complete free version. The product also runs with a standalone boot CD (http://www.runtime.org/peb.htm) and this is great after a major system or hardware crash. I would of course recommend a paid version if the clients are using it extensively. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:50 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Preferred backup method? Dear Group, I'm delving into this again because a client of mine just went through a nasty crash without a good backup. Windows 2003 Server with only a RAID 0 -- yes, you read that correctly -- array. They lost 3 months worth of data. How do you back up your server(s)? Our network admin is partial to VMWare, so backing up virtual hard disks is a bit simpler. For actual backup of systems he advocates using Casper to make a bootable backup. He uses an E-SATA holster thingie into which he plugs a hard disk and lets 'er rip. Once a full backup has been performed on a backup drive, Casper automagically does an incremental backup on subsequent backups to that same drive. Cuts down the time quite a lot. How about you folks? Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI http://www.NeenahPolitics.com http://www.TheTownCrank.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com