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BackupExecNewb's avatar
10 years ago

Backup Exec Deduplication - Seeding and 1st Backups

Hi, I have a number of sites that I want to use the BE2014 dedup option for my backups.  The remote sites have 2TB plus of data.  It will take forever to back this up over the wire.  Symantec had ...
  • pkh's avatar
    10 years ago

    No.  Not sending data across the wire may not reduce the duration of the backup significantly and while the job is running, you risk job failure.  Doing a local backup reduces the chance of failure due to poor link quality.