Just wanted to get more points of view on this, I know technically there are no right or wrong answers.
We currently have the following backup schedule, using Tapes alone:
Mon – Diff (server1)
Tues – Full (server1)
Wed – Diff (server1)
Thurs – Full (server2)
Fri – Diff (server1)
Server1 has roughly 50 GB of data and Server2 has about 40 GB.
We recently purchased one SAN device (1 TB) and 1 USB Mass storage HDD (800 GB).
The focus is mainly on restore speed, as we need to get the server up ASAP if it goes down. I know that having one Full and one Diff is the fastest way, as there’s only 2 tapes to restore.
What strategy would you use?
