Server Backup (10.x, any version)

[legacyb4]

Hi,

Just wondering what solutions you admins are using for backup up large quantities of data on a regular basis.

I’m managing a dual-867 that is handling file-server needs for workgroup of about 20 staff in an art department. The server itself holds all current work in progress and the 120GB RAID-1 array is starting to fill up and I’d like to make sure that an extra copy of the data is alway available.

I’ve been looking at just putting together a Firewire-based removable drive system from [b:d2f8fc766c][url=http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/frmdk1.html#firedock]Ratoc Systems[/url][/b:d2f8fc766c] but was wondering what other low-cost solutions might be available.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers.[/b]

[Cabbage]

Dantz Retrospect Server
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[Anonymous]

I was thinking more on the lines of what type of hardware setup others were using; or are we just all waiting for that massive 3U disk monster from Apple to be released?

Cheers.

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Set it up, set up the scripts. Never have to worry about it again

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[legacyb4]

If I’m only concerned about server backup, I can go with the Workgroup version, right?

Cheers.

[quote:f43ac0ced2=”Cabbage”]Dantz Retrospect Server
Set it up, set up the scripts. Never have to worry about it again

http://www.dantz.com[/quote:f43ac0ced2%5D

[waterman]

I’m curious about this too.

I’ve been working for the past few months to transition all our graphics systems over to OS X, so that only our Avid editing bays are on OS 9. It has really gone pretty smoothly, with only a few minor hickups along the way. Our backup solution at the present time is only half-implemented because we’re not sure if we’re going to use a little DLT on the network somewhere, or get some massive storage solution (ahem – Xraid – ahem) and just mirror the volume to that.

Find a place for hundreds and hundreds of GBs of information isn’t easy.

[Cabbage]

yah go with the Workgroup. I think I’m facing a bigger problem. How do you backup a Terrabyte of data…..daily?!

[Cabbage]

You can also try Carbon Copy Cloner 2. Bombich just integrated it with pSync to setup cron jobs very very easily. I have a second hard drive on one of my servers. It just clones everything to that hard drive. I tried restarting from the second hard drive and it works great. Can’t even tell the difference.

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