Hello!
We just began backing up a server that houses millions of small files that will come out to 1.5 terabytes of data. So far we have backed up 3.9 million files in 475 gigs of space and the database has grown 345 megs.
The downside:
The number of files will continue to grow forever and we have to store the files forever.
The upside:
The files once written never change and once the initial backup completes the process should slow to a few hundred a day.
Right now I am doing a standard backup but I am considering going to backup sets but I an concerned because I have to do a nightly backup and really don't want to do a backupset each night.
Anybody have any thoughts on this or any recommendaton, gotcha's to worry about?
We just began backing up a server that houses millions of small files that will come out to 1.5 terabytes of data. So far we have backed up 3.9 million files in 475 gigs of space and the database has grown 345 megs.
The downside:
The number of files will continue to grow forever and we have to store the files forever.
The upside:
The files once written never change and once the initial backup completes the process should slow to a few hundred a day.
Right now I am doing a standard backup but I am considering going to backup sets but I an concerned because I have to do a nightly backup and really don't want to do a backupset each night.
Anybody have any thoughts on this or any recommendaton, gotcha's to worry about?