We have been testing backup to disk, and we only have one master/media
server and it works fine. (also Win2K)

The only reason we are looking into disk-backup is because we have some very
very slow backups and we want to keep them away from allocation tape drives
and holding on to them for hours.

In general I think that backup to disk is too slow and unflexible (depending
on your tapedrives and library)

Our media server is directly connected to the disk drives (via SAN). If it
will work over LAN I don't know.

The only problem we have seen is that it can be a little difficult and
unflexible to manage the backups on disk.

/johnny



-----Original Message-----
From: Barlow, Eliott [mailto:ebarlow AT usatoday DOT com] 
Sent: 22. maj 2003 06:56
To: Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Looking to backup data to Disk vs. Tape


Environment-W2K Media/Master Server backing up about 500GB per night.

Does anyone have suggestions or comments about backing up data to disk?  

Would I need a media server allocated just for disk backups? 

Would this media server have to be directly attached to this disk device?

What are some problems users have experienced with disk backup?


Eliott Barlow
Operations Systems Analyst
USA Today



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