excellent info Bill, thanks...i was wondering about a Bare Metal
Reinstall using the backup software in SBS 2008 - when i get the
server in i'll run some tests and see what it is like...
jared
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:36:33 -0500, "Bill Sanderson"
<> wrote:
>We're using the same pair of 500 gig USB drives we used with SBS 2003 when
>we outgrew the DAT drive we bought with the server. The difference is that
>rather than a week's worth of backups, with 2008 (and much bigger drives) we
>get months worth of backups on each drive.
>
>I'll admit to not having done a lot of testing, but I have done a system
>state restore, and I've read the procedure for a bare metal reinstall, and I
>think I'm quite happy without third-party software.
>
>
>"Jaredean" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> yeah, i've felt that way and that is why i bought a REV drive for
>> 2003, but that isn't supported with the new 2008 backup and i really
>> don't like putting on 3rd party software if what comes standard is
>> sufficient - hence the questions here...
>>
>> jared
>>
>> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:37:07 -0700, "Cliff Galiher"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Even before 2008, I've preferred rotating external drives (or drive
>>>technology like the REV or RD1000) over tapes, for exactly the reasons you
>>>listed. Size, easier restore, faster backup...I've left tapes long ago
>>>and
>>>haven't looked back.
>>>
>>>-Cliff
>>>
>>>
>>>"Jaredean" <> wrote in message
>>>news: ...
>>>> Now that many of you have been "living" with 2008 for a bit, the big
>>>> talk when it first came out what the built-in backup solution didn't
>>>> recognize Tape drives, thus requiring 3rd party solutions.
>>>>
>>>> So, is the backup solution that came with SBS sufficient using
>>>> rotating external drives? i've used it a couple of times and really
>>>> like how fast the backups are and restoring files was pretty easy and
>>>> painless...i would much prefer doing that to 3rd party software,
>>>> etc...
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> jared
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