Storage and Backup Strategies/Services

Fred HallDivision of Engineering Computing ServicesCollege of Engineering Michigan State University

Why Backup ?

➔Disaster Recovery➔ External events

Why Backup ?

➔Disaster Recovery➔ External events➔ Internal events

Why Backup ?

➔Disaster Recovery➔ External events➔ Internal events

➔ Make users feel real good about you

What do we have / Storage ?

~ 1.5 terabytes of data

What do we have / Storage ?

~ 1.5 terabytes of data 1 terabyte on Network Appliance

What do we have / Storage ?

~ 1.5 terabytes of data 1 terabyte on Network Appliance 500 gigabytes on RAID 5 SCSI arrays

What do we have / Backup

¢ 2 servers - Sun¢ L1000 library

¢ 30 slot / DLT cartridge

What do we have / Backup

¢ 2 servers - Sun¢ L1000 library

¢ 30 slot / DLT cartridge¢ S20 library

¢ 20 slot / DLT cartridge

Software

¢ Solstice Networker Backup

Software

¢ Solstice Networker Backup¢ Different pools for similar data

Software

¢ Solstice Networker Backup¢ Different pools for similar data¢ Nightly incremental

Software

¢ Solstice Networker Backup¢ Different pools for similar data¢ Nightly incremental¢ Tower of Hanoi progression

Software

¢ Solstice Networker Backup¢ Different pools for similar data¢ Nightly incremental¢ Tower of Hanoi progression¢ Monthly full

Other Considerations

¢ Network Appliance

Other Considerations

¢ Network Appliance¢ Snapshots

Other Considerations

¢ Network Appliance¢ Snapshots¢ NMDP

Other Considerations

¢ Network Appliance¢ Snapshots¢ NMDP

¢ Getting around it

Other Considerations

¢ Network Appliance¢ Snapshots¢ NMDP

¢ Getting around it

¢ Restorations

Other Considerations

¢ Network Appliance¢ Snapshots¢ NMDP

¢ Getting around it

¢ Restorations¢ Replacement

Other Considerations

¢ Network Appliance¢ Snapshots¢ NMDP

¢ Getting around it

¢ Restorations¢ Replacement¢ Duplicate filenames