Re: Who is doing "backups" and HOW are you doing backups??

[Chuck Keeler <keeler_c () MITCHELL EDU>]

Other – Barracuda Networks Backup Solution (http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/products/backup_overview.php). We have 
2 appliances onsite and backups offsite.

Appliances are doing real-time snapshots with replication to the offsite data centers
We backup all data – Desktop and Documents directories (all stored on server – profile redirection), email, SharePoint, 
SQL Servers, and data servers (ERP is hosted and handled by the vendor)
We do not archive anything at this point

Yes, Yes, and Yes – They are in a 6 month rotation which means we have enough capacity to hold backups offsite for 6 
months before they are deleted and the space reused

___________________________________
Charles Keeler
Mitchell College
Office of Information Technology
Chief Technology Officer
(860) 701-5254

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Subject: [SECURITY] Who is doing "backups" and HOW are you doing backups??

Hi folks.....(I hope this is the right "group" - if not, point me in the right direction….)

We finally moved to a split data center model - so we have network storage in geographically separated data centers 
now.  So - we're operating under a hopeful premise that we can now do without a DLT/LTO tape library??


 *   What technology or methodology is your institution using for backups?

 *   Tape?
 *   DVD or CD?
 *   Blu-ray?
 *   Other?

 *   What is your backup schedule like for institutional data and/or servers?

 *   How often?
 *   What type of data has to be backed? -
 *   How do you handle "archiving"?

 *   Do you provide any kind of "user level" backups?

 *   Do you back up home directories?......how long do you keep them?
 *   Do you back up all user e-mail?.....how long do you keep it?
 *   Do you back up anything from the users' desktop?......how long do you keep it?


Any data would be appreciated…..

Thanks,

Michael



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