[sdw2003] Anyone using a disk-based backup system?

[Ryan Blakeslee]

Kevin,

I'm recommending this to a small business I am doing work w/, but wanted to get your feedback on it first.  It looks like a great solution, but can you tell me your real-world opinion and observations of the Dell disk-based backups?

-----Original Message-----
From: sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com [mailto:sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com] On Behalf Of kevinkelley6 at cox.net
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 2:10 PM
To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group
Subject: RE: [sdw2003] Anyone using a disk-based backup system?

I installed a new Dell server at a small client site the end of last year, and I had ordered Dell's new disk-based backup system with it.  The backup device is a cartridge type diskdive that you just plug into the front of the machine (much like a tape cartridge).  Anyway a 20 GB backup takes under 5 minutes (compresses the data also), so I set it up to do full backups everynight, and to override the oldest backup when the disk is full.
Kevin
---- Bob <bob at unicorncomputers.com> wrote: 
> Hi Tad,
> 
> I just started implementing a disk-based backup system on a client's
> server   
> last week.  I'm still tweaking but learned one BIG lesson.....if you are
> going   
> to use a USB-type system, make sure you either have a 2.0 USB port on
> the   
> motherboard or install a 2.0 USB add-in card........the speed difference
> is   
> unbelievable!!!   I'm testing it on a Compaq/HP ML350 SCSI system and
> the USB   
> on-board ports are 1.1 and the backup was painfully slow.  As a test, I
> backed-up   
> about 22gb of data and using a USB 1.1 port it took about 7 hours!!!
> The same   
> backup using a USB 2.0 port took about 45 minutes!!! Quite astounding
> indeed......
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
> -bob
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com [mailto:sdw2003-bounces at mattware.com]
> On Behalf Of Tad Braun
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:29 AM
> To: San Diego Windows 2003 User Group
> Subject: [sdw2003] Anyone using a disk-based backup system?
> 
> How are they? What ???'s should I ask the vendors for a more complete
> support picture? Would you recommend others to go this route?
> 
> Thaddeus Braun
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