Posted by Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) on 06/06/05 15:03

"pigeon" <UseLinkToEmail@dbForumz.com> wrote in message
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> I need some backup software to backup up our 6 total db (total of
> 45gigs).. I want to back it up nightly.. the only issue is, Backing up
> 45gigs nightly will cause us to go over our TX/RX for the month...
>
> What is some good software that will allow us to backup only the
> changes?

You could make say a weekly based full backup and then nightly transaction
log backups.

>
> Is there any good linux based solutions? (And free :) )

Considering that SQL Server runs only on Windows, you'd still need a Windows
based client.

Personally I'd just use SQL Server's backup tools.


>
> thanks
>
> Lee
>
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