Posted by gabe101 on 12/20/06 15:34

Yes, this is a response to my own response...

;-)

gabe101 wrote:

> > Try backing up over the wire to a UNC share on another machine. You are
> > almost definitely stressing the disk I/O system on this box.
> >
> > A backup on the same machine won't do you much good if say the RAID
> > controller fails.
>
> I sheepishly have to admit my inexperience again and say that this
> makes perfect sense. We are currently saving the noon backup on the
> same system and I'll save the BAK file to another box starting now.
> Thanks.

I suddenly have a reason for concern...

I transferred our existing 'Noon' backup file accross the network to
the share on another box. It took 8 minutes and 17 seconds and the
backup write process only takes between 3 and 4 minutes. Is this going
to cause a problem when the server is doing the backup and transferring
at the same time? Is it actually going to write to temporary location
on the server before making the transfer anyway? If so, that would
defeat the purpose for transferring to the other box. Again, any input
is appreciated.

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