[dba-Tech] Symantec Backup Exec

Gustav -

That's very interesting.  Maybe I should be investigating the role that
Trend Micro might be playing in memory usage...

Janet

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Janet
>
> This sounds strange. I just checked at a client running file, print,
> exchange including web access, Windows backup, and default SharePoint stuff
> (which I cannot find out how to switch off).
> Installed ram is 8 GB, consumed is 4.66 GB. Idle CPU is 0-3%.
>
> SQL Server and store.exe each eat 600 MB, IIS and EdgeTransport each ~225
> MB, svchost and IIS each ~180 MB, DataCollector and SQL Server*32 each ~160
> MB, all other below 80 MB.
>
> /gustav
>
>
> >>> jerbach at gmail.com 30-03-2010 18:28 >>>
>  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-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [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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