Re: SBS2K3 Backup to hard drive ?'s

Hi Dodge

You want to rotate these drives so that one is off site at all times so
Format NTFS and give them same Label and Drive Letter so that when you
rotate the Backup Schedule will use either one.

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Frank McCallister SBS MVP
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"Dodge" <Dodge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> OK, so the travan tapes are now way too small to back up on. So, got 2 new
> 300gig external USB2 and Firewire drives.
> Questions: I'm assuming it must be formated NTFS to avoid FAT's file size
> limits. Any other neccesary or recommended setups for backups?
> Have you found partioning a backup drive a good thing?
> If so, with what scheme.
> Any other pointers for backing up to hard drives?
> Thanks in advance.


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