Hi All,
Good Day,
Currently we are using Backup Exec 2012. We are facing major issues with the backup window as we are backing up 6 TB of data every weekend. I am trying to revamp my backup strategy so that i can finish my backups in the avaiable window of 40hours and i can also send my backup tapes to a remote location.
Please provide your suggestion to fine tune my policy. My current policy is as follows:
|
Server
|
Weekly
|
Daily
|
|
Type
|
Size
|
Time
|
Type
|
Size
|
Time
|
|
File Server
|
Full
|
3.6 TB
|
25 Hours
|
Incremental
|
50 GB Approx.
|
2 Hours
|
|
Domain Controller
|
Full
|
120 GB
|
1 Hour
|
Incremental
|
20 GB Approx.
|
30 Minutes
|
|
Exchange Mailbox
|
Full
|
1.3 TB
|
10 Hours
|
Incremental
|
20 GB Approx.
|
1.5 Hours
|
|
Exchange HUB & CAS
|
Full
|
80 GB
|
1 Hour
|
Incremental
|
30 GB Approx.
|
30 Minutes
|
|
ERP Application
|
Nil
|
NA
|
NA
|
Nil
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
ERP Database
|
Full
|
100 GB
|
3 Hours
|
Full
|
100 GB
|
3 Hours
|
|
Primavera Application
|
Nil
|
NA
|
NA
|
Nil
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Primavera Database
|
Full
|
120 GB
|
1 Hour
|
Differential
|
60 GB
|
1 Hour
|
|
Total
|
--
|
5.2 TB
|
41 Hours
|
--
|
220 GB
|
9 Hours
|
we have alos purchased an NL-SAS based iSCSI storage of 10TB capacity and currently using Tape Library with 15 slots with one tape drive.
I tried to use Backup to the new disk based storage and maximum data rate that i am getting is less than i am getting on the tape. Please provide your suggestion to:
- Complete the backups in the 40hours time frame after adding in the new servers the total size of full backups will be 8TB.
- Create a dupicate of the full backup sets and send the tapes to the remote location.
- I want to keep one copy of the data sent to the remote location inhouse for urgent file restores.
Also please suggest any reference articles that i can use to develop an effective backup strategy with least amount of RTO and RPO.
Thank You
Regards
Abdul Wajid
