Hi Brian,

You may also want to take a quick look at a white paper on the external NetApp web page. "Data Protection Strategies for Network Appliance Filers" at:

http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3066.html

Cheers, Grant

-----Original Message----- From: Mohler, Jeff [mailto:jeff.mohler@netapp.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 12:49 PM To: 'Brian Hostetter'; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: RE: Need new backup solution

Brian:

You might want to consider quota-trees within your large volumes, then you can do backups of different quota-trees within a single volume separately..that is if your application leaves you stuck to a single-large-volume approach.

-----Original Message----- From: Brian Hostetter [mailto:BrianH@dice.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 12:24 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Need new backup solution

Hi, We have been facing some explosive growth during the past 6 months and have grown past our current backup solution. We are currently backing up via a linux box that has our 740 nfs mounted. Backups are taking sometimes 24-30 hours for incrementals and all weekend for fulls.

What I am looking for is info on how others are backing up 200G volumes on 740's or 760's. I just purchased a pair of 760's and am going to need a nice stable reliable backup system for them.

Ideas?

--Brian