Re: What backup software do you use and why?

Dave, can you say why ShadowProtect is better than Acronis True Image Server
in your experience? I use Acronis but not ShadowProtect and I'm curious what
it does better than Acronis. Thanks.

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I use ShadowProtect Server on all of my member servers. It's really great
software for a variety of reasons - it's quick, reliable, simple to
configure, and it just works well all the time. I do a full backup of each
server once a week, with 4 incremental backups per day, to a storage server
on the network. At night, the ShadowProtect backups copy out to a High
Rely external SATA drive for offsite storage. I recommend downloading the
trial version and using it for a couple of days, after which you'll be sold
on it. It won't interfere with any other backup software you may be using
now, so the trial isn't much work. It'll uninstall cleanly if you don't
like it, or you can just buy a copy and add the license key to the existing
install. (One thing to note is that it doesn't support tape).
http://www.storagecraft.com/

On my SBS, I'm using Arcserve 11.5. The primary reason why I'm using it
is because I bought it prior to the release of SBS 2003. IMO the backup
in SBS 2003 is so good, I would not spend money for a 3rd party backup
solution if I hadn't owned it previously. Another reason for Arcserve is
brick level Exchange backup. Again with Exchange 2003 and recovery
storage groups, not something I would spend money on. Arcserve on my SBS
is working fine, which is the only reason I have not abandoned it in favor
of the ShadowProtect SBS version.

As an aside, I've had an absolutely horrible experience with Arcserve on
my 64-bit Windows 2003 Storage Server. IMO, although their support
quality has improved greatly over the years, their software quality has
room for improvement.

"Rich" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm currently looking for an alternative server backup solution and am
interested to hear what software you are using, and why do you use it?

BTW On my servers I use a mix of NTBackup and Symantec Backup Exec v10 &
v11. Have also tried Acronis True Image Server. And am not in love with
any of them ;-)

--

Rich

http://www.badangling.com
...talking pollocks since 1996





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