[AusNOG] Shadow Protect Vs Symantec with a Dell RD1000

Greg Lipschitz Greg at thesummitgroup.com.au
Tue Nov 20 14:21:46 EST 2012


Here is a link to their published. Ear practices guide. 

http://storagecraft.com.au/best-practices-guides.php

Regards,

Greg Lipschitz
The Summit Group (Australia) Pty Ltd
Phone (Australia): 1300 049 749
Phone (US & Canada): (321) 216 3844
Email: greg at thesummitgroup.com.au

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On 20/11/2012, at 14:20, "Scott Anderson" <sanderson at aus-it.com.au> wrote:

> If you're running a full backup every day then it `is` possible to use an RD1000 or other RDX/removable disk setup as they just appear as a standard drive (be sure to statically assign the drive letter to each cartridge).
> 
> However, if you're running any soft of incremental backup then I really, really wouldn't advise it as it can make recovering data near on (and in some cases completely) impossible.
> 
> Scott Anderson
> Senior Engineer
> AUS IT
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Greg Lipschitz
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2012 1:02 PM
> To: Chris Hurley
> Cc: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Shadow Protect Vs Symantec with a Dell RD1000
> 
> ShadowProtect will backup to either a fixed repository (SAS / SATA) disk or DAS 
> (recommended)
> 
> OR
> 
> USB, NAS or ISCSI 
> (not recommended)
> 
> I would recommend you contact StorageCraft and grab a copy of Jack Allsop's guides on best practices to ensure a successful recovery. 
> 
> They also run very good workshops that are well worth the money. 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg Lipschitz
> The Summit Group (Australia) Pty Ltd
> Phone (Australia): 1300 049 749
> Phone (US & Canada): (321) 216 3844
> Email: greg at thesummitgroup.com.au
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> On 20/11/2012, at 13:55, "Chris Hurley" <chris at minopher.net.au> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Has anyone had experience with the Dell RD1000 units and if they will run under Shadow Protect or do we need to buy the Symantec backup software. It's to back up a SBS server.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Chris Hurley BE (Elec), MBA
>> Director
>> 
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