George
On the smaller end
We backup 2.5-3.0TB pw, 3 OS's @ 7 Sites with 3 Different DBM's, Lotus
Mail and approx 65 Servers all being cloned.
Due to our size we have tape intervention at HO each day as a large Silo
can not be justified for duplication @ our DR site.
One operator at 5 sites spends 30mins pw shuffling tapes. I do the rest in
about 2 to 2.5 days depending on
the problems, no more.
This is all the time I can afford, to do the Job ideally, another day pw
could easily be spent checking
non critical errors and re running failed components.
Richard.
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Richard North
Senior Systems Administrator
NSW Agriculture 161 Kite Street, Orange, NSW, 2800
e-mail: Richard.North AT agric.nsw.gov DOT au
Phone: 02 6391 3113 Fax: 02 6391 3290
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George Sinclair <George.Sinclair AT noaa DOT gov>
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31/10/2003 07:01 AM
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Subject: [Networker] How much time do you spend on backups?
Just curious how much time some of you spend on your backups. Clearly,
when new equipment is being installed or major software updates, you're
gonna be spending a lot of time, but let's just say on average:
1. How much of your work week is spent on backups.
2. How many people are involved.
3. If you are spending a lot of time, what's your justification? How do
you justify it?
Backups at my shop involve just myself and one tape operator. That's it,
just the two of us. Personally, I find that this whole backup thing is
pretty much a full time job unto itself. There is always plenty of work
to be done, and I can only automate so much, but some folks seem to
think otherwise. They say that with proper automation, a backup
specialist's job can be reduced by 80%, and if not, well then things
just must not be configured or set up right. I tend to doubt that. Can
anyone help me to justify that backups are not some simple thing that
you just quietly usher away at night, only to have some magical reports
and scripts just do everything for you? Would like to hear it.
Thanks.
George
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