Is OK to use an external USB drive for backups?

[Guest Artificer]

I want to schedule my backups. Is OK to use an external USB drive for

daily backup storage?

[Guest Haoqiang]

RE: Is OK to use an external USB drive for backups?

 

It is OK.

But I suggest you to use a tape to do this.

 

"Artificer" wrote:

> I want to schedule my backups. Is OK to use an external USB drive for

> daily backup storage?

>

[Guest chriske911]

Re: Is OK to use an external USB drive for backups?

 

Artificer presented the following explanation :

> I want to schedule my backups. Is OK to use an external USB drive for

> daily backup storage?

 

yes it is OK --> B2D is used a lot more these days

and far easier + faster than tapes if you ask me

 

if you buy 2.5" drives they are also easy to transport + they can

handle some rough handling better than their desktop sibblings

 

grtz

[Guest Bryan Hughes]

Re: Is OK to use an external USB drive for backups?

 

It depends on the type of Backup Software you are using. If you use Backup

Exec the older versions would not allow backup to disk to an external drive,

but you could get around this with some registery tweaks. The new version

12 does not allow this tweak.

 

If you are using a newer tape drive the speed is faster or the same as a usb

drive (depends on tape drive type).

 

Are you removing it after daily backups are done?

 

If not I would look adding an external scsi drive. It is much faster, and

the system treats it as disk drive not a removable disk drive. Back up

software has no problems with this.

 

I do have a few of the non-profits using a usb drive for backups, but is is

used to store a monthly disk image (Acronis) of the server(s), and then

store of site (Poor mans version of offsite backup host).

 

Bryan

 

"chriske911" <chriske911nosp@m.yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Artificer presented the following explanation :

>> I want to schedule my backups. Is OK to use an external USB drive for

>> daily backup storage?

>

> yes it is OK --> B2D is used a lot more these days

> and far easier + faster than tapes if you ask me

>

> if you buy 2.5" drives they are also easy to transport + they can handle

> some rough handling better than their desktop sibblings

>

> grtz

>

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