Posted by Jay on 06/07/05 13:11

I've recently inherited a position where I am responsible for the well-being
of some DBs.
2 (much) more important than others.
The current recovery model, from what I can tell, is to do a full db/log
backup overnight.
This .bak file is then written to tape as well as saved on the disk for 2
days.

Both these dbs are used fairly extensively 8-5pm and losing data would not
be good.
The db sizes are approx 5gb and 3gb.
This doesn't seem like the ideal situation to me. Everything I read tells
me... full backup periodically, differential nightly and transaction hourly.
Agreed?
If so then I have 2 questions:
1. Is the best way to do this via a maintenance plan or by scripting and
scheduling?
2. What, if any, overhead can be expected with regular transaction backups
during work hours?

A bit of a pointer to #1 would be appreciated also.
Thanks.

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