help to create a Backup strategy
  • jeferson
    1
    Hello people
    i want some help to make a really funcional backup strategy if someone could share your knowledgement and patience to read.

    this is my scenario

    SERVER
    -1 8tb hd for Electomechanics department (almost 7tb used), around 1TB data changed weekly
    -1 6tb hd for 5 departments , around 400gb data changed weekly
    -1 3tb hd for Substation, around 300gb data changed weekly

    Backup server

    my internet connection is 50mbps dedicated (will change to 100mbps this week, but in brazil, the price of internet is very very very high, like USD 650,00 monthly). I will use 50mbps to backup and 50mbps to users. After commercial time i will use 80mbps to backup and 20mbps to some users who work remotely.

    This client is a engineer company. Due large data changed weekly, online backup can't follow all change.

    15 days ago, a catastrophe with one hd forced me to recover from backup but local backup take several hours restrutcturing until start recover and (i believe this problem was caused due block level in local backup)

    how is the best way to make a reliable local backup (without versioning, only last version to make fast recover) + online with block level to make fast upload and versioning?
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  • Matt
    91
    ↪jeferson
    What type of plans are you trying to implement? Only file backups? Only image based ones or a mix of both?
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  • jeferson
    1
    ↪Matt
    hi!
    Yes, a file only backup.

    I forgot to complement: We have a local file server backup with same HD capacities.
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  • David Gugick
    118
    ↪jeferson
    I think only keeping one version is risky and the only value it provides is reduced storage. I would encourage you to keep multiple versions in case someone makes a mistake in a file and needs to go back to an older version.

    Block-level can help greatly with the speed in backing up changes to large files, but for local restores where bandwidth is not an issue, you can certainly disable that option and back up entire files should they change.

    To do what you want, you'll need two backup plans: One for local and one for cloud. If you decide to enable block-level for all backups, then you can use a single Hybrid backup plan to the local and cloud targets.If you want to speak with support about the recovery time issue you had with the local restore (I do not think block-level should have caused a performance issue with local storage) then please reach out. You can send logs from the computer in question from the Tools | Diagnostic toolbar option.
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  • Matt
    91
    ↪Dave Schierenbeck
    It's always good to have an off-site copy of the data just in case and most of our customers prefer to simply run backups in non-business hours for each machine. I'd say the main problem here are the laptops, since they are not available 100% of time.

    Be sure to set up bandwidth schedule when running these plans, that will help with the load on your network. If you're confident in your local setup you can also perform cloud backups of just the most important data on those machines to minimize the time it takes to transfer the files. Just make sure that those plans are not running simultaneously.
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  • Matt
    91
    ↪Dave Schierenbeck
    I don't recommend doing a backup of a backup, if that's what you're referring to by "copy everything to the server". Since I'm not really familiar enough with your setup it's difficult to recommend any particular steps. If you're backing up important data on those laptops it would be more efficient to use them for your backups and set up a bandwidth limit, this should be enough.
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  • Steve Putnam
    35
    Have you considered using redirected folders for the workstations? No need to backup the individual PCs since the data is in their user folder on the server. We keep a base image of a standard workstation build for each client if they special software installed, but using redirected folders saves us a lot of money and time.
    Steve Putnam Options
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