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UncleDavid218
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I am in need of 2 NAS drives to cycle out off site for backups. We have a dedicated backup server running 2008 R2 that runs ShadowProtect to a box with Open Filer and stores to local drives in that server (we're just backing up a DC/file server and an Exchange server - those boxes run on blades and have virtual drives in our SAN). Once copied, it robocopies every night to a NAS that we have on the other side of the manufacturing floor.
As it is now, the office could burn down and the NAS would be safe, but that's not a true DR plan.
I would like to replace our existing NAS with a drive that has gigabit Ethernet and get two that can be cycled out twice a week.
Thoughts on this? If this is a decent idea, what drives do you recommend? Unfortunately I think we have too much data for true off site backups to be economically viable. About 1.5TB right now. Even at $.125/GB on Amazon S3 (not including downloads/uploads), that's a bit to stomach. If that's the best option, I'm sure we can swing it though.
As it is now, the office could burn down and the NAS would be safe, but that's not a true DR plan.
I would like to replace our existing NAS with a drive that has gigabit Ethernet and get two that can be cycled out twice a week.
Thoughts on this? If this is a decent idea, what drives do you recommend? Unfortunately I think we have too much data for true off site backups to be economically viable. About 1.5TB right now. Even at $.125/GB on Amazon S3 (not including downloads/uploads), that's a bit to stomach. If that's the best option, I'm sure we can swing it though.
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