Rick, out of curiosity, what do you use for email now that you don't
host your own?
Norman, I would love to speak more off-list about moving to Google. I
know we need to move towards more Open Source, but this is not my forte,
so I tend to take baby steps (or even smaller steps).
Bernadette Roche
Director of Technology
Oakhill Day School
www.oakhilldayschool.org
bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org
816.436.6228
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ademola Popoola
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:04 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Backup recommendations
Very timely question/discussion as we are also investigating the best
backup/disaster recovery solution to replace our current tape backup
system.I've
had preliminary conversations with i365. My next stop is EMC. I would
love
to hear any experiences with either of these vendors or other.
Thanks,
Ademola Popoola
Sacred Heart Schools
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Rick Castorani <rcastorani@aimpa.org>
wrote:
> We got rid of tapes and hosted email this year and are not looking
back. I
> implemented EMC Retrospect on our Win 2003 Servers with rotating 1TB
> drives. One for monday and wednesday, one for tuesday and thursday,
and
> one
> for friday. This way, there is one offsite at all times. We are also
> going
> to be storing a 6 month backup in a firesafe in a different offsite
> location. I believe that EMC also has an online backup solution but
we
> don't use it so I cannot speak for it. I hope someone is able to
chime in
> and help you with an online option.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Constantine, Norman <
> nconstantine@wakefieldschool.org> wrote:
>
> > I recommend moving into the cloud with Google Apps. Until you get
there
> use
> > terrabyte hard drives for redunancy and forget tapes.
> >
> > Norman
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Bernadette Roche <
> > Bernadette.Roche@oakhilldayschool.org> wrote:
> >
> > > After our tornado a year ago, we were in a bind getting our server
back
> > > up and going (server room was severely hit) with our current back
up
> > > procedure. I finally have time to research and investigate other
> > > possibilities. I'm really interested in an online option,
something
> > > like Barracuda offers.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What backup system do you use and would you recommend it?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bernadette Roche
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Director of Technology
> > >
> > > Oakhill Day School
> > >
> > > www.oakhilldayschool.org
> > >
> > > bernadette.roche@oakhilldayschool.org
> > >
> > > 816.436.6228
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > Director of Technology Integration
> > Wakefield School
> > The Plains, VA
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