Comments on: SQL SERVER – Best Practices to Store the SQL Server Backups http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2013/01/21/sql-server-best-practices-to-store-the-sql-server-backups/ Personal Notes of Pinal Dave Thu, 23 May 2013 14:22:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Microsoft SQL Server Seminare http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2013/01/21/sql-server-best-practices-to-store-the-sql-server-backups/#comment-431407 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:40:01 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=22458#comment-431407 Hi Pinal!
I´m glad to have found your site. I know a ton of people whom could very positively benifit from this and especially me too. After I took part in the SQL Server Workshop I want to get more and more informations about SQL. And your blog is a good source! Thanks for that.

]]> By: phani http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2013/01/21/sql-server-best-practices-to-store-the-sql-server-backups/#comment-417960 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:16:57 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=22458#comment-417960 Hello Pinal,

As part of our work routine we get production db backups and restore them into QA. We dont have sufficient space in QA environment and management dont increase the diskspace too. When getting production db .bak files, .bak contains only 20-30GB space, but when we are restoring it occupies almost 200 + GB drive space. I am thinking that this bacause of intial size mentioned in the properties of Production Database. Is there any chance of alter /update .bak files before restoring the data?

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Thanks
Phani

]]> By: avinash http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2013/01/21/sql-server-best-practices-to-store-the-sql-server-backups/#comment-414851 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:35:43 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=22458#comment-414851 Good information
Can u help me to understand how much diskspace is required to backup daily full backup of 100 GB database on local(internal) disk drive using SQL maintenace for 1 day ?. It will be backedup to tape after that.
Thanks in advance

]]> By: Karel Vandenhove http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2013/01/21/sql-server-best-practices-to-store-the-sql-server-backups/#comment-411707 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:46:02 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=22458#comment-411707 Hi,
I think a combination is the best option: backup on a local dedicated disk for speed of backup and restore. Copy that backup to an off-site storage for availability in case of disaster.
That’s what I do. Most of the times you can rely on your local backup and the restore will be fast. But in case of a disaster you still have the remote copy of the backup.
I do this with the dayly full backup and the TL backups throughout the day.

]]> By: Rohit Garg http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2013/01/21/sql-server-best-practices-to-store-the-sql-server-backups/#comment-410900 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:00:43 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/?p=22458#comment-410900 Hi Pinal

But on most of Production systems, Client never allow to move data out of there network. Although it good for local boxes & small bussiness.

-Rohit garg

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