Incremental backups over network anyone?

El Kapitano · Jan 24, 2005, 07:40 PM

We're moving office/stores to new premises and since I'm IT I've been tasked with the IT, telephony, cctv, security and office layouts (Whoopee!

).

Does anyone know of a good incremental backup software that'll handle multiple clients over the network on a timed basis (out of hours)? Hopefully one that'll not cost an absolute fortune.

Also is there any gain out of having the server spool all the network print jobs?

El Kapitano · Jan 27, 2005, 07:12 PM

Never mind - Veritas back up exec'll do nicely.

Judas · Jan 27, 2005, 07:39 PM

hmmm..... now i've been asked to build a few networks, with a few dedicated render rigs. So far, i've only been asked to put on paper what would be needed. And i've yet to figure out what or how to do backups.

Orginally my plan was to simply build each rig with a raid aray, setting 2 hardrives with Mirror mode, i figured this would do plenty good enough for a client machine backup protection.

Then setup the dedicated servers that the client machine could selectively backup thier data they wish to make sure to keep safe to a drive. I thought this would keep the amount of hardrive space storage down to a minimum, keep things generally quite clean with say, every month going through it and weeding some of the crap out manually.

Then again, i'm not dealling with probably hundreds of clients

..... i think i'm dealing with tops, 15 clients with 4 Massive dedicated servers, 3 of which would be render "pigs"

pr0digal jenius · Jan 27, 2005, 07:49 PM

Can't you have a "backup rig" that just has windows and a TON of harddrive space, and have the machines back themselves up to it nightly?, and then delete backups every other day, so you always have 2 backups available per machine.

md5 · Jan 27, 2005, 08:04 PM

Acronis is also one of the best - you can't go wrong with it!

Judas · Jan 27, 2005, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

Can't you have a "backup rig" that just has windows and a TON of harddrive space, and have the machines back themselves up to it nightly?, and then delete backups every other day, so you always have 2 backups available per machine.

erm.... sometimes clients make a mistake of deleteing something, then a month later, finding out they need it again...

mike2h · Jan 27, 2005, 08:15 PM

veritas will do everyhting you want very nicely. from what i have read they are tops in this field.
while not even in the same arena as what you are doing i use stomps veritas designed backup prog on my 2 comp network at home. could not be happier.

Jan 24, 2005, 07:40 PM	#1
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	Incremental backups over network anyone? We're moving office/stores to new premises and since I'm IT I've been tasked with the IT, telephony, cctv, security and office layouts (Whoopee! ). Does anyone know of a good incremental backup software that'll handle multiple clients over the network on a timed basis (out of hours)? Hopefully one that'll not cost an absolute fortune. Also is there any gain out of having the server spool all the network print jobs?

Jan 27, 2005, 08:04 PM	#5
md5 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Inside DriverHeaven Posts: 856 Rep Power: 0	Acronis is also one of the best - you can't go wrong with it! __________________

Jan 27, 2005, 08:15 PM	#7
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	veritas will do everyhting you want very nicely. from what i have read they are tops in this field. while not even in the same arena as what you are doing i use stomps veritas designed backup prog on my 2 comp network at home. could not be happier. __________________

Jan 27, 2005, 07:12 PM	Thread Starter #2
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	Never mind - Veritas back up exec'll do nicely.

Jan 27, 2005, 07:49 PM	#4
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	Can't you have a "backup rig" that just has windows and a TON of harddrive space, and have the machines back themselves up to it nightly?, and then delete backups every other day, so you always have 2 backups available per machine.