Best Software to backup to NAS automatically with versions/purging support?
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@msff-amman-Itofficer said in Best Software to backup to NAS automatically with versions/purging support?:
And its very true when you have very limited budget to fix things, and I tend to have to rely on free and open source tech and what I have....
I tend to do this, even when there is a big budget - because when I run the numbers, open source solutions tend to be the most cost effective. Certainly not always, and that's why we always run the numbers and make businesses cases even if just to ourselves, but the majority of the time. I rarely pay for a hypervisor, rarely pay for an OS, rarely pay for a database and so forth - but not because budgets are tight, because of just good business practice.
In the case here, I'm not suggesting that you "spend more money", certainly not. I'm suggesting that you change business practices (or at least show the value of it) to lower the overall cost. Spending less is key.
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@msff-amman-Itofficer said in Best Software to backup to NAS automatically with versions/purging support?:
I recall you blogged about this and made neat article about who makes the decisions I.T or management, and the conclusion was or how I understood it that it eventually management and we I.T have to live with the consequence the majority of time, and good companies/organization are the ones that make I.T more involved during this process.
That's very true. But an important IT "life skill" if you will is learning to influence this process. Many (most) companies don't give IT the power that it needs. But to be fair, most IT doesn't give the business a reason not to. As a sole IT person, you have a lot of potential to influence this. Doesn't always work, but it often does. How you present IT suggestions, how you justify them (even to yourself), leading with business/finance discussions and such can nearly force the company to switch from seeing you as a costly techie to being a valuable business leader. Not every small company cares if you can do a good job, but forcing them to think in business terms and forcing them to admit to intentionally making reckless financial decisions (when it is true) is a powerful force, especially if the people pulling the strings for these decisions have to then report higher up and would not want to admit to intentionally wasting money or putting the business at risk.
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@msff-amman-Itofficer said in Best Software to backup to NAS automatically with versions/purging support?:
To be honest, I am bit frustrated where I live and work, cause I have to always deal with shortcuts, it did teach me alot about how to do things in very cheap manner... for example KVM Virtualization instead of ESXi or using ESXi free and alot of scripts and OVA export and manual backups of VMs, Mumble/murmur (skype alternative) , using Win7/Windows 2008 instead of 2012 or anything beyond that due to reasons only specific people will know (Daz is the champ), but I reckon the world have grown past this, but what do at the end you have to learn and generate results, like it or not.
Oh no, this is super common. But there is are good ways to approach this and bad ways. For example, when not paying for ESXi support, KVM is far and away the better choice. Or XS or Hyper-V. Running half assed ESXi is bad, but you can run other things that are free, very well. And loads of "good" companies do this, too. Free isn't bad, nor is paid. Both have their place, and both can be run well or poorly.
Windows 2008 instead of something current, that's a different issue. That's running old and while there are cases where that makes sense, they are rare. It suggests that the company can't afford its technology choices. I would step back and evaluate the "why" these products are chosen if they can't be run properly, when there are even cheaper (read: free) options that you could run really well.
Does that make sense? Running Linux well is generally better than running Windows poorly. If there is no choice but to run Windows poorly, I'd reconsider if this should be classified as a company because even at home I can afford to run Windows well. This puts the company solidly under the home line and makes it, at best, a hobby to me.
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Did anyone mention CrashPlan?
They have a free offering that should work.
