Nortel Call Center Server Installation And Maintenance Manual page 1017

July 2007
Pros and cons of tape backups and remote directory backups
Tape backups
Pros
not affected by network
instability
no dependency on low
network traffic
Remote directory backups
Pros
for technical support,
backup data can be
transmitted electronically
backup data files can be
recognized by the Windows
file system
low maintenance and not
prone to mechanical failure
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Cons
requires maintenance of tape drive and
tapes
possibility of mechanical failure of
tapes and drives
backup data is readable only by
Sybase backup server; cannot be read
by Windows backup utility
for technical support, tapes must be
handed off or shipped; data cannot be
transmitted electronically
Cons
requires a stable network
must be scheduled when network
traffic is low
requires an archiving plan for
backup files after each backup to
ensure the files are not overwritten
Backing up data
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