Re: SBS 2K3 Backup to External USB Hard Drive

Hi SG,

Na, I'm not looking to do RAID1 at all. I want to do VSS to the 2nd SCSI
drive and to carry out full backups to the external USB drive [or a tape
backup unit if that proves viable - I'll be calling Dell in the morning
about that]. I'm also aware that you don't *need* the same capacity to use
VSS but I'd like to budget for having the option to change things around
further down the line [like to go with disk mirroring instead] if we
need/want to...

Note to self - must learn to stop posting so late at night when I'm tired
and unclear!

Thanks for the pointer ref the larger TBU from Dell. Appreciated.

Cheers,


David


"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ulZd$rSRFHA.2964@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> David, I'm actually surprised, I've read both posts and it seems you don't
> know what VSS really does.
>
> From the sounds of it you want a 2nd SCSI drive and to implement a RAID1
> array, this is seperate to VSS functions.
>
> Also, instead of browsing the website, call Dell. At a minimum they have a
> DAT72 drive which is suitable for installation in the SC420.
>
> "David Elders" <david_elders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23Hu0qfSRFHA.3708@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Wondering what your opinions on using the following drive for this would
>> be?:
>>
>> http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Product+Details.htm?quicklinx=33S0&searchphrase=usb%20hard%20drive
>>
>> SBS 2K3 Standard
>> 73Gb SCSI [single drive just now, we're recommending the customer add
>> another and using volume shadow copies to this 2nd drive]
>>
>> Server is a DELL PowerEdge SC420 so the largest tape backup that DELL
>> list for that unit is a 20/40Gb unit which doesn't cut it size-wise.
>> Customer has also expressed a preference in terms of capacity for cost in
>> favour of external hard drive.
>>
>> Also, would you recommend just using the in-built backup to this
>> external drive or using some form of disk imaging software?
>>
>> Thanks as always for your kind opinions and pointers!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>
>


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