We have a peer to peer network with one "beefy" computer with three hard drives as our file server. The three hard drives are used as follows; C: Operating System and software, E: Shared Data Storage, F: Exact copy of the E: drive. The "file server" is accessed by multiple computers. All computers are running Windows 7 Pro. We use a file synchronization program to provide an exact copy of the Shared Data Storage on an internal and external hard drives. The external is taken off site nightly.
The beauty of using the file synchronization software is the backups are quick and no software is required to access the files on the backup drives. However, we had an issue where a file came up missing, it was deleted/moved by an employee. Because it was discovered for several days, there was no back up of the file. I tried using several different restoration software, but was not able to get the file.
We have made a new plan to adjust our back ups, to provide some level protection and recovery. What I discovered was that the Windows Recycling Bin does not work on network accessed files. After some research, I found this to be true, and there is third party software to provide a Network Recycling Bin. Has anyone trying any of these programs? How did they work?
I would also be interested in any recommendations to improve our back ups. We back up approximately 250 GB of information. Please do not recommend file recovery software, whereas we have moved past the file issue and where able to recreate the file with some progress files.
The beauty of using the file synchronization software is the backups are quick and no software is required to access the files on the backup drives. However, we had an issue where a file came up missing, it was deleted/moved by an employee. Because it was discovered for several days, there was no back up of the file. I tried using several different restoration software, but was not able to get the file.
We have made a new plan to adjust our back ups, to provide some level protection and recovery. What I discovered was that the Windows Recycling Bin does not work on network accessed files. After some research, I found this to be true, and there is third party software to provide a Network Recycling Bin. Has anyone trying any of these programs? How did they work?
I would also be interested in any recommendations to improve our back ups. We back up approximately 250 GB of information. Please do not recommend file recovery software, whereas we have moved past the file issue and where able to recreate the file with some progress files.
Arthur Wood
CADD Manager
EH Danson Associates
St. Johnbury, Vermont
CADD Manager
EH Danson Associates
St. Johnbury, Vermont