On Apr 28, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:
So, how does BU handle this? Do you backup individual machines or only servers?
I do TSM, which is used for the backup of server systems, plus related archive and HSM services. Another group manages NetBackup services for backups of various academic departmental systems and workstations, but not personal office computers. They recommend segregating volatile and static data into separate file systems, and avoiding the backup of data which is either cross-mounted or otherwise redundantly represented on multiple systems. And, as always, exclude the backup of irrelevant (e.g., browser cache) data. and infrequently go to back up file systems which see little change. The big drawback in the wide deployment of commercial backup products is the cost of licensing per client. There is a lot of incentive to utilize file servers, where storage integrity is more assured and professional level management (including backups) is provided. Our mail services (including folders storage) are centralized for that reason. Richard Sims
