I agree with Phil on this...we group clients by dataset and proximity to the
nearest media server.  So, that number is high for things like Exchange
backups where we have over 20 Exchange servers and low for other apps where
we might only have 1 server.

This is different from our old model where we had as many as 50 clients per
policy just because they were all OS backups of the same kind of Windows
box.

--stuart

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Not really a useful stat.  Everyone's NBU implementation is generally
different
based on lots of factors.  Clients may or may not be bundled into policies
for business
or security reasons, platform commonalities, and of course schedule windows.
As a first stab,
I usually bundle systems with similar services into the same policy.  But
that almost
always gets split up a bit.  Database backups generally tend to be one
client per
policy, but there are exceptions.  As usual, everyones millage may vary.

Peter DrakeUnderkoffler
Xinupro, LLC
617-834-2352



Koster, Phil wrote:
> We ran some numbers and have about 1.26 servers per policy. I was just
> wondering where everyone else is in that regard.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Phil Koster
> Network Administrator
> City of Grand Rapids
> Direct: 616-456-3136
> Helpdesk: 456-3999
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