Hi
I am looking to move to an SBS 2011 server from the SBS 2008.
On SBS 2008 the backup was described as working slightly backwards, as if the most recent version was always classed as a full backup, and the previous versions being the changes that had been made.
I also read somewhere about a 2TB limit in one of these posts today.
I have been using to backup 1.3TB of data (over 2 drives) to 5x 2TB USB hard drive (swapped each day) (and this i know is close to a limit but 4 TB usb drives haven't been easy to come across at a reasonable price)
I also feel I am getting a lot of Full Backups done, as I am getting on SBS 2008 the regularly commented on VSS failures in the backup, and then the first backup done after that takes 12 hours, then subsequent ones can take minutes until the next VSS fail.
I would like to clarify how SBS 2011 backup works.
Obviously if I am setting a backup on SBS 2011 I want everything backed up, all configuration, data and exchange. I am likely to want to use a similar situation to the above;
1 HDD for each day
I am looking at the 4TB hard drives either Buffalo Stipped Drivestations, or I have seen some new ones that claim to store 4TB as normal USB storage (this is suspect is also Stripped)
The client while having only 1.3TB of data at the moment, is the type who could suddenly jump up to 2TB over the next 2 years.
Using the internal SBS Backup utility
Or would I be better doing something else?
Would I be better using different backup software like the Acronis SBS backup? (which aparently can restore individual emails from backup)?
What do other people use for SBS 2011 - anyone with large data storage?
Also anyone got any ideas for testing the restore? can you do a test restore to a Virtual Machine (from Virtual Box rather than Hyper V)?