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Backup strategy advice needed - NAS/SAN/Help !??!!
Hello there,
I'm looking for some friendly advice on what approach our company should be taking for the 'next level' of storage.
We are about 70 strong company, but very data intensive - Exchange, SQL Servers, etc ...
We run pretty damn good servers here - i've upgraded recently to rackmount DL380's with built-in DAT drives. We always tend to run the latest HP hardware, as a rule.
However, storage always presents a problem ... for example, soon I intend to implement Exchange 'live archiving' tools and I am finding myself shorter and shorter of storage space ... obviously keeping these on RAID5 live servers is going to prove quite expensive !
So what are people using as their big, scaleable, storage solutions for non-live (but accessable) ,archive data etc ... i'm baffled by all the SAN, NAS talk ... but I know that I want something pretty big (200gig+) and scalable. Also, what do you back that lot up on ??
I've had to swallow some pride to ask all these questions - I should know I guess ... but as a SME that's grown from 2 people, you just have to find out about these things as you go along !
So, if anyone here has got any links, advice and pointers, i'll split up the points accordingly.
S.S.
I'm looking for some friendly advice on what approach our company should be taking for the 'next level' of storage.
We are about 70 strong company, but very data intensive - Exchange, SQL Servers, etc ...
We run pretty damn good servers here - i've upgraded recently to rackmount DL380's with built-in DAT drives. We always tend to run the latest HP hardware, as a rule.
However, storage always presents a problem ... for example, soon I intend to implement Exchange 'live archiving' tools and I am finding myself shorter and shorter of storage space ... obviously keeping these on RAID5 live servers is going to prove quite expensive !
So what are people using as their big, scaleable, storage solutions for non-live (but accessable) ,archive data etc ... i'm baffled by all the SAN, NAS talk ... but I know that I want something pretty big (200gig+) and scalable. Also, what do you back that lot up on ??
I've had to swallow some pride to ask all these questions - I should know I guess ... but as a SME that's grown from 2 people, you just have to find out about these things as you go along !
So, if anyone here has got any links, advice and pointers, i'll split up the points accordingly.
S.S.
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The 'my first SAN' really cleared up some myths for me ... I wasn't even really sure what defined a SAN until that point.
The rest of you all have valid points - especially scranthcyboy.
I'm going to spilt up the points for your efforts - thanks for your recommendations,
Much appreciated.
Have a good weeked/life.
S.S.