NT backup is that good enough?

[OutLawTorn]

We use the NT Backup to backup system state for AD and Exchange, and then just robocopy for files. We then have one server in a (mostly) concrete room (which is also in a different building to everything else) as an on-site backup server which has daily and weekly backups. We then have two external drives which run a separate backup and are rotated each week.

 

We look at it as three levels of backup:

1) shadowcopies on all servers

2) on-site backup to the backup server

3) weekly off-site external hard drives

 

Haven't had any problems in the 2 1/2 years i've been working there.

[cookie_monster]

@ OutLawTorn: Where do you store your offsite backups?

[zag]

We use the NT Backup to backup system state for AD and Exchange, and then just robocopy for files. We then have one server in a (mostly) concrete room (which is also in a different building to everything else) as an on-site backup server which has daily and weekly backups. We then have two external drives which run a separate backup and are rotated each week.

 

We look at it as three levels of backup:

1) shadowcopies on all servers

2) on-site backup to the backup server

3) weekly off-site external hard drives

 

Haven't had any problems in the 2 1/2 years i've been working there.

 

That's pretty much exactly the same as our system.

 

I use these 250gb Western digital external 2.5" hard disks to take the data off-site with me(to my home). They are great because they don't need an external power supply, cost 60 quid, and are easy to carry.

 

http://img2.insight.com/graphics/uk/products/wdga05q02_mn.jpg

[cookie_monster]

Do you have a secure are for storage at home?

 

Are you just taking student work or MIS/Payrole data?