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matthew

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Hi, I’m in the process of looking for a backup solution for a small network I run (10 pcs + 1 windows 2000 server).

The server controls the domain and also stores all of the data. The data mostly consists of word documents and probably no more than 5-10 GB of data.

I am looking for software that would backup this data, but also have an archive. That is, backup each version (say for up to 2 weeks) of each file. So let’s say they edit a file, then come back and realize they messed up. They could go back and get the file as it was say 2 weeks ago at 9am. I've seen this through livevault, but this is an off-site (internet based) program, and costs a lot per month. I'd much rather spend the money upfront and own the software.

Can anyone give me recommendations?

Thanks
 
I'd do two things:

Upgrade the server to Windows Server 2003 and implement the volume shadow copy feature. This is a great solution for retrieving previous versions of documents without even requiring use of the backup system.

As for backups, I'd see if the built-in backup solution on the server will meet your needs. If so, then great. All you need to do is schedule a job and send tapes offsite every once in a while. For a small environment I'd recommend full backups of the server every weeknight. If the environment grows, you can always switch to full backups on Friday night and differential backups on M-Th. (Note that Veritas NetBackup refers to differential backups as 'cumulative incremental'.)

If the built-in backup for the server does not suffice, then I'd consider purchasing Veritas BackupExec. In all honesty, for a small environment most any backup product that can handle job rotations and whatever tape device you have should be fine. I prefer Veritas NetBackup over BackupExec, but I realize that it's overkill for this situation.

Are you also looking for advice on tape drives/storage?
 
I second everything he just recommended. I run that exact environment (except I am using SBS2k3, which you may want to look into) and it works great.
 
One note, if you're running a 2003 Domain Controller as a File Server there are some configuration choices in the domain security policy that you can make with regards to secure communications and certificates in particular that will greatly impact the speed and performance of any XP Pro clients. If you do choose to upgrade, and if your file performance isn't what you think it ought to be, check out this article:

http://www.smallbizserver.net/SBS20...copytotheSBS2003server/tabid/139/Default.aspx

I've run across this particular issue before and the problem resolution described in the article made a huge difference. Note that this isn't a "tweak", it's a workaround (similar to a workaround MS published in a KB article for Windows 2000, but in the case of 2003 you implement the fix via Domain Security Policy rather than via a registry hack.)
 
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