Hi Guys,
My company is currently backing up about 100GB of data every night, full backups of a few databases and our file server (using Backupexec 10d). Obviously I can fit that onto one LTO3 cartridge, and my data isn't growing that quickly.
We are using a 16 tape autoloader. Every morning we take out the last nights tape offsite, and put it back in after 2 weeks, so 5 tapes a week for a 3 week rotation (15 tapes in total) and there is always between 6 and 10 tapes in the autoloader. I made 15 partitions and 21 backup jobs. 7 jobs per week. Fri,Sat, and Sun, are backed up to the same tape.
What is the main purpose of an autloader anyways that makes it so attractive - don't big companys take thier tapes offsite anyways. The only benefit I can is if one tape is not large enough, so it can span multiple tapes.
I don't see any major benefit to having an autoloader and rather a single slot tape drive would probably make more sense. Can you help me justify my purchase for my company and myself. Can you find some benefits that I will gain from having this?
Thanks,
Tray
My company is currently backing up about 100GB of data every night, full backups of a few databases and our file server (using Backupexec 10d). Obviously I can fit that onto one LTO3 cartridge, and my data isn't growing that quickly.
We are using a 16 tape autoloader. Every morning we take out the last nights tape offsite, and put it back in after 2 weeks, so 5 tapes a week for a 3 week rotation (15 tapes in total) and there is always between 6 and 10 tapes in the autoloader. I made 15 partitions and 21 backup jobs. 7 jobs per week. Fri,Sat, and Sun, are backed up to the same tape.
What is the main purpose of an autloader anyways that makes it so attractive - don't big companys take thier tapes offsite anyways. The only benefit I can is if one tape is not large enough, so it can span multiple tapes.
I don't see any major benefit to having an autoloader and rather a single slot tape drive would probably make more sense. Can you help me justify my purchase for my company and myself. Can you find some benefits that I will gain from having this?
Thanks,
Tray