[SoCoSA/discuss] Windows Server 2003 Backup

Rob Clark robintclark at gmail.com
Tue Sep 5 13:26:33 PDT 2006


What happens when your servers (Linux or Win) fail?...lets say you loose
your HDD and all data?  What's your recovery plan?...can you meet your
established RPO?...how many hours will you loose in the process of recovery?


On 9/5/06, Walter Hansen <gandalf at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> > You're looking at Backup Exec for Windows 10d w/ Continuous Data
> > Protection.  I looked into the HCL and your drive is supported.  The
> cost
> > is
> > just under $800...that'll cover your (1) Windows server.
>
>
> Jeeze. It's like they hear windows server and they notch up the price
> twentyfold.
>
> I'm on the linux side using an encrypted tar (all free/stock software).
> One of my Windows servers (NT) is a problem though. Nothing wanted to
> backup and I didn't want to spend bucks to backup a NT box. I even failed
> to make orginal zip work properly for some reason. I ended up just
> xcopying the whole drive to the Linux server and having a process look for
> it and tar/gizip it when it finds it. Yes I know it's not a disk image,
> but it's better than nothing.  In retrospect (possible joke), I should
> have looked on sourceforge for something.
>
>
>
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Rob Clark
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