Best backup strategy with autoloader
Hello,
I'm thinking changing the backup strategy at one of our customer. He currently has :
- Fileserver with 4 TB uses data
- Exchange server with 1.5 TB data
- SQL Server with 200 GB data
- Vmware server with 4 guest (total +- 400 GB data).
The customer has a HP 1x8 Autoloader with an LTO-6250 (LTO-6 , 2.5 TB native, 6.25 TB compressed).
I was thinking partitioning the autoloader (don't looking at compression) as :
Partition 1 - SLOTS 1-2-3-4 (+- 10 TB capacity)
Partition 2 - SLOT 5-6-7 (+- 7.5 TB capacity)
Partition 3 - CLEANING TAPE
Now the part where I'm stuck is the backup strategy.
I was thinking of using Partion 1 for weekly full backups and Partition 2 for incremental backup, eventually using
partition 2 during the whole month. At the last friday of the month I would use other tape (in partition one) as monthly backup (keeping 2 months) and then a yearly backup.
So now I'm hoping on your advise what would be the best strategy and the best configuration for Backup Exec 15/16.
Thanks!
Regards,
Tim Van Engeland