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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
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      Assuming you went with a tape solution, could you dump the backup storage server at the remote site?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        Why is the backup SO large?

        Because he's only using the tapes for full backups, done weekly.

        The incrementals would all be local backup storage only.

        That doesn't explain why they need 22TB of total backup, though. I know companies twice that size that need like a few hundred GB total backup.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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          @DustinB3403 said:

          LTO 6 can store 6.25 TB uncompressed.

          And doesn't exist yet 😉

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
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            Well the remote site hasn't been decided on. But if I had my choice it would be in Spain. A outreach office.

            Or a colo somewhere in the US.

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              @DustinB3403 said:

              LTO 6 can store 6.25 TB uncompressed.

              And doesn't exist yet 😉

              Damn it....

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                @DustinB3403 said:

                Total space for our current server fleet (all inclusive, 😄 drives and shares) is almost 6TB.

                This implies you have outgrown the usefulness of the model. Consider moving to a more modern architecture. Backing up standard Windows and application files over and over again is not good for backups and definitely not good for recovery.

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
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                  Yeah I figured that much Scott, but what other options are there really.

                  Two or Three LTO-3 tapes could certainly do the job, but is it efficient... (likely not)

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
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                    I was wondering if the need for full backups is really there? What's wrong with the incrementals only?

                    That's what I use. AppAssure is a one full backup incremental forever system. And my recover points span back much farther than 1 month. I have hourly for 2 days (from 7 AM to 6 PM - no changes at night), then daily for 2 weeks, then monthly for 1 year.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                      @DustinB3403 said:

                      Yeah I figured that much Scott, but what other options are there really.

                      Two or Three LTO-3 tapes could certainly do the job, but is it efficient... (likely not)

                      You are into enterprise scale backup needs. This is how enterprise backup works.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                        last edited by

                        @Dashrender said:

                        I was wondering if the need for full backups is really there? What's wrong with the incrementals only?

                        That's what I use. AppAssure is a one full backup incremental forever system. And my recover points span back much farther than 1 month. I have hourly for 2 days (from 7 AM to 6 PM - no changes at night), then daily for 2 weeks, then monthly for 1 year.

                        Can you do incremental forever to tape? I don't believe so. He would need to hit the WAN. 8TB a day is pretty ridiculous to go over a WAN.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by Dashrender

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          Can you do incremental forever to tape? I don't believe so. He would need to hit the WAN. 8TB a day is pretty ridiculous to go over a WAN.

                          Why would you need to send 8 TB a day via the WAN? He'd only send the changes daily via the WAN. And AppAssure supports that type of replication.

                          This is why knowing the daily delta would be important.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                            last edited by DustinB3403

                            @Dashrender My concern is only having 1 Backup of my vDISK from Xen might not be enough for recovery.

                            Should something happen to the file the guest VM is hosed (for recoverability). Having multiple backups seems more logical. But needs to be planned.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                              @DustinB3403 said:

                              @Dashrender My concern is only having 1 Backup of my vDISK from Xen might not be enough for recovery.

                              Should something happen to the file the guest VM is hosed (for recoverability). Having multiple backups seems more logical. But needs to be planned.

                              This doesn't seem to be a concern for Veeam or Unitrends - both can use incrementals forever (though I think they might suggest doing a full once a month).

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                @Dashrender said:

                                @DustinB3403 said:

                                @Dashrender My concern is only having 1 Backup of my vDISK from Xen might not be enough for recovery.

                                Should something happen to the file the guest VM is hosed (for recoverability). Having multiple backups seems more logical. But needs to be planned.

                                This doesn't seem to be a concern for Veeam or Unitrends - both can use incrementals forever (though I think they might suggest doing a full once a month).

                                Full monthly to local tape might work. LTO 5 at 3TB would mean taking home 3 tapes a month. Not bad..

                                backup to disk first on the R510 and to tape.

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                                  @DustinB3403 said:

                                  @Dashrender said:

                                  @DustinB3403 said:

                                  @Dashrender My concern is only having 1 Backup of my vDISK from Xen might not be enough for recovery.

                                  Should something happen to the file the guest VM is hosed (for recoverability). Having multiple backups seems more logical. But needs to be planned.

                                  This doesn't seem to be a concern for Veeam or Unitrends - both can use incrementals forever (though I think they might suggest doing a full once a month).

                                  Full monthly to local tape might work. LTO 5 at 3TB would mean taking home 3 tapes a month. Not bad..

                                  backup to disk first on the R510 and to tape.

                                  Depending on the dedup, you might be able to get that to two or even one tape.

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                                  • dafyreD
                                    dafyre
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                                    Veeam Endpoint recovery or Veeam B & R would handle the full backups as well as the incrementals. Veeam B & R may not work with Xenserver. I'm not sure about that.

                                    Veeam EPR is installed per VM and not centrally managed.

                                    The 24 TB total he is calculating appears to be what he would need if he is doing disk to disk backups.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      Can you do incremental forever to tape? I don't believe so. He would need to hit the WAN. 8TB a day is pretty ridiculous to go over a WAN.

                                      Why would you need to send 8 TB a day via the WAN? He'd only send the changes daily via the WAN. And AppAssure supports that type of replication.

                                      This is why knowing the daily delta would be important.

                                      Didn't he say the incrementals needed 8TB today?

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @dafyre
                                        last edited by

                                        @dafyre said:

                                        Veeam Endpoint recovery or Veeam B & R would handle the full backups as well as the incrementals. Veeam B & R may not work with Xenserver. I'm not sure about that.

                                        Definitely does not.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          Can you do incremental forever to tape? I don't believe so. He would need to hit the WAN. 8TB a day is pretty ridiculous to go over a WAN.

                                          Why would you need to send 8 TB a day via the WAN? He'd only send the changes daily via the WAN. And AppAssure supports that type of replication.

                                          This is why knowing the daily delta would be important.

                                          Didn't he say the incrementals needed 8TB today?

                                          No 8 TB was to perform weekly fulls at the current infrastructure size.

                                          Incremental changes are likely > 20 Gb/day

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403
                                            last edited by DustinB3403

                                            Which if I ignore performing weekly fulls and instead perform them monthly to tape. I'll have to start looking into LTO tech has I have zero experience with it.

                                            Edit: Well I should probably look into LTO tape anyways...

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