Backup Cost Exercise?
In-class SA finance questions, assuming you have the following tape drive: *Quantum SDLT 320 *Can back up 115G per hour *Can store 320G on a single ca
In-class SA finance questions, assuming you have the following tape drive:
*Quantum SDLT 320
*Can back up 115G per hour
*Can store 320G on a single cartridge (compressed)
*List price roughly $3000
Assume your environment is as follows:
-100 desktops, each with a 40G hard drive
-2 file servers with 1T each
-1 web server with 200G
-1 database server with 200G
Answer the following questions:
- Assuming you back up everything, how long would it take to do a full backup?
- Assume the CEO comes to you and says that full backups must be taken every day.
How would you go about providing him a cost of backup hardware (using the SDLT
320)?
- Assume that a restore takes 5 times as long as a backup. If the CEO asks you
about using the backup tapes as a disaster recovery mechanism, how would you
assemble a time-table of restoration?
-Develop a reasonable backup schedule, and explain why you think is it reasonable.
-Express your backup architecture as a ratio against the baseline IT budget for your company (assume 2 SAs @ 50K each, 1 operator @ 20K, and choose reasonable costs for the systems outlined above).
-Present an IT budget, complete with SUM pie chart. Include price information on Veritas NetBackup software in your budget.
-The final part of your budget should be a cost comparison of running a completely free software shop versus a commercial software office.
or:In-class SA finance questions, assuming you have the following tape drive: *Quantum SDLT 320 *Can back up 115G per hour *Can store 320G on a single cartridge (compressed) *List price roughly $3000Assume your environment is as follows: -100 desktops, each with a 40G hard drive -2 file servers with 1T each -1 web server with 200G -1 database server with 200G Answer the following questions: - Assuming you back up everything, how long would it take to do a full backup? - Assume the CEO comes to you and says that full backups must be taken every day. How would you go about providing him a cost of backup hardware (using the SDLT 320)? - Assume that a restore takes 5 times as long as a backup. If the CEO asks you about using the backup tapes as a disaster recovery mechanism, how would you assemble a time-table of restoration?-Develop a reasonable backup schedule, and explain why you think is it reasonable. -Express your backup architecture as a ratio against the baseline IT budget for your company (assume 2 SAs @ 50K each, 1 operator @ 20K, and choose reasonable costs for the systems outlined above).-Present an IT budget, complete with SUM pie chart. Include price information on Veritas NetBackup software in your budget. -The final part of your budget should be a cost comparison of running a completely free software shop versus a commercial software office.
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