[dba-Tech] Symantec Backup Exec

Jim -

Like you, we've been backing up to a portable device and taking the disks
off-site using Casper.  But I was told last week that Casper does not
provide a truly bootable image for SBS 2008.

I guess I balk at the standard Windows backup from an ease of recoverability
standpoint in a total server crash.  I like the idea of backups that provide
a bootable image that can be restored onto another machine without having to
re-install every bit of software.  I've never been in that kind of
dead-in-the-water situation (thankfully!) so I'm just going by what I
imagine the recovery process to be like.  Which, of course, is very likely
way off the mark.  Am I putting too much emphasis on the importance of a
bootable image?

Thanks for the info on logmein - I will look into that more.

On your client's SBS 2008 machine...do you happen to know what the base line
day-to-day memory usage is?  Ours is running at around 12gb out of 16
total...and I'm starting to think that 2008 is such a resource pig that it
really does require that much.  I would be curious to know if your client's
machine runs like that as well.

Janet

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Janet:
>
> Does not your SBS have a fine backup system built in? The Symantec backup
> would have to have a lot of features to make it worth it. We have been
> doing
> some experimenting with LogMeIn remote and offsite backup and it looks
> really good. Here is a review of the product:
>
> http://reviews.cnet.com/e-mail/logmein-backup/1707-3536_7-31841188.html
>
> In the office we backup to portable drives and then take them off site.
>
> On another aside, at a client's site, that is using SBS 2008, we have been
> working to get it performance up but the only success we have had is by
> maxing out the RAM... 16GB and it is finally up to a good trot.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Janet Erbach
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 6:47 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Symantec Backup Exec
>
> We've gotten a server upgrade quote from a local consultant who is
> recommending that we switch to Symantec's Backup Exec 2010 for backing up
> our SBS 2008.  Do any of you have any experience with this product?  Is it
> good?  Bad? Ugly?
>
> Janet Erbach
> IT Administrator
> Natural Healthy Concepts
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