Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:23:26 -0600
Hi Kids, I have a Windows environment and NBU 6.5.2a. I have a SAN Media Server that houses and backs up my SQL dumps. Those backups run the longest but by far the fastest. My SAN guys purchased a Ne
I have a Windows environment and NBU 6.5.2a. I have a SAN Media Server that houses and backs up my SQL dumps. Those backups run the longest but by far the fastest. My SAN guys purchased a NetApp devi
Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:48:02 -0600
Thanks Ed. I’m pricing the NDMP license now and it isn’t going to be cheap. On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Randy Samora <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com> wrote: I have a Windows environ
Yes they will. :-) NDMP isn't "faster" or "slower", it's just different. In many situations it will be faster because you can avoid some bottlenecks, but it depends on how you set things up. NDMP can
Author: "Curtis Preston" <cpreston AT glasshouse DOT com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:52:10 -0500
enabled on the filer, the chances are pretty good you won't ever have to do a restore for your SQL admins. Because he’s creating a new dump each day, I’m not sure that’s true. Snaps
enabled on the filer, the chances are pretty good you won't ever have to do a restore for your SQL admins. Because he's creating a new dump each day, I'm not sure that's true. Snapshots only work th
Author: Jon Bousselot <jon-bousselot AT pacbell DOT net>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:26:58 -0800
Alternatively, you could pony up for the Snap Manager for MS-SQL license, and you can make your DBA's do the backups AND restores. It links the process of quiescing the database with the netapp snap
Alternatively, you could pony up for the Snap Manager for MS-SQL license, and you can make your DBA's do the backups AND restores. It links the process of quiescing the database with the netapp snap
Author: "Curtis Preston" <cpreston AT glasshouse DOT com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:27:36 -0500
be full copies of the file system, whether anything has changed or not. you're modifying files, deleting files, or completely overwriting them. you're a backup expert and not claiming to be a NetApp
It looks to me like you're both right. If I may paraphrase: Ed: "snapshots are handy for immediate user-initiated file recovery" Curtis: "in the described configuration, those snapshots will likely c