johnmacward wrote: » Is this with specific software or what. Our LAN's are typically 100Mbps (roughly 8 to 9MB/s) whereas I often see up to 20 to 40MB/s over USB. In the case of doing an offline clone what would be quicker? That's what we'd probably be trying to achieve. I know I'm right in the technical sense that USB 2.0 is quicker, why faster over LAN?
Gillie wrote: » No he's right. It will be faster over the LAN. I've seen drastic differences between imaging to USB HDD and imaging to a share on the LAN.
johnmacward wrote: » Personally I thought it would be fastest backing up to a USB drive, we have a pretty quick 1TB. Cheers for that, that IS good advice and not something you would think of straight away. By the way, to everybody who has assisted - thanks a million. I'm learning a pile.
n0brain3r wrote: » A couple of suggestions for ya! If you can backup to another machine over the LAN rather than a NAS or USB drive I've sat for hours waiting for the image to be created and then restored! Disconnect the SBS server from the LAN immedately before you image the server and don't connect it back until your happy with what you've done to it! Basicly don't let any client PCs on the same network as the imaged server if you want to go back to that image.
Gillie wrote: » Fair enough. You could always download the trial version and try it out? It will show you what you would be paying for if you went with it. If you did go down the trial road, ensure the restore anywhere option is enabled when taking images.
n0brain3r wrote: » I think the restore anywhere functionality is disabled in the demo to stop people using it to just migrate a server. I know I'd trouble using it before I bought the licenses and I logged a call with Symantec support and I think that was the outcome it was phone support so I can't be sure as I've nothing to look back at :pac:
johnmacward wrote: » I completely understand you and it's true as well. I don't think we have the level of server infrastructure (usually just one SBS per client) to justify it and generally convincing the boss is the other thing anyway.
Capt'n Midnight wrote: » if you are very au fait with Raid you could mirror the drives to a single large one (or if you have physical room raid 10 ) do this in the raid controller or by software within the OS the good points are that the backup is bang up to date till you break the mirror and the best bit is that recovery is instant , pop in the mirror and you are good to go and hard drives are probably cheaper than licenses
Gillie wrote: » Your getting what you pay for to be honest.
n0brain3r wrote: » I paid about €2000 incl Vat for 5 license's about 9 months ago I've a mix of ML350 G4,G5 & G6 and a DL380G5 I backup using system recovery to a server at the far end of a warehouse running VMWare and I've tested each image all are fine I also used BESR to move one server from a failing Dell Poweredge to a New ML350G6 and once I installed the PSP I've never looked back PM me if you want he details of the co I bought from.
johnmacward wrote: » The only problem with System Recovery is it's price. I noticed it was around €4,500 for a 5 license per year setup. Does that sound right?
Gillie wrote: » Backup Exec System Recovery. Have performed hundreds of recoveries at this stage and no major issues with it.
tech wrote: » I had an issues lately my Acronis disk would not boot into a DL380g6 with a P410 smart array card, I think i need to custom build the disk with these drivers., other than than its a great product
corkcomp wrote: » depending on your raid setup - i.e. if it is a basic mirror I often set one disk to offline (dont go it during DB dumps etc) and insert another in its place.. when that re-constructs make whatever changes you intend to and if anything goes wrong you can use the disk removed as your raid disk 0-0 to boot..
