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MkEliteX's avatar
MkEliteX
Level 3
10 years ago

Running out of storage space. What would you do?

Hey guys.

I just started working at a new company and the backup server is a mess. The 2 B2D drives are pretty much full.

The exchange GRT backups are stored to B2D drives that are running out and the rest go to Dedupelication drives (They have plenty of storage space left)

My question is, what would you do in this scenario? You can se the second server there but lets avoid that. Would like to hear some opinions. Thanks!

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  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    10 years ago

    In this scenario you'd either throw more disk space at the B2D jobs, or cut down on your retention time. Both would end up in increased disk space.

    Alternatively, direct more backups to the dedupe folder if you can and decrease the reliance on B2D.

    Thanks!

  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    In this scenario you'd either throw more disk space at the B2D jobs, or cut down on your retention time. Both would end up in increased disk space.

    Alternatively, direct more backups to the dedupe folder if you can and decrease the reliance on B2D.

    Thanks!

  • MkEliteX's avatar
    MkEliteX
    Level 3
    10 years ago

    Thanks for the reply, isn't it a bad idea to have exchange grt backups go to dedupe drives? 

    I know there is a way to do this but I am not sure how exactly. Is there an article with instructions for the setup? 

     

    Thanks

  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    You'd simply change the backup destination for the Exchange job to point to the dedupe folder instead of the B2D. This gets done on the job definition.