I didn't read every single reply, but I have a similar situation. About 60 PCs, each with 300-500GB of hard drive capacity. but only 5-20GB used. All connected by a local CAT6/gbit network. I'm using Veritas BackupExec for our disaster recovery solution. I've setup shares on each box, with restricted permissions, and setup "Backup-to-Disk-Folders" (feature in veritas) on the server that point to each remote host. You can set a max size (how much to use) and a cushion (how much to leave free) Create a pool containing all the BTDFs, and run your backups to them. The great part is if a box is offline, or full, it will just dump over to another one. You should use tapes regularly as well. If you lose one box you could lose everything. But it sure gives the tapes a break, and its nice to know that space is being used.
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I didn't read every single reply, but I have a similar situation. About 60 PCs, each with 300-500GB of hard drive capacity. but only 5-20GB used. All connected by a local CAT6/gbit network. I'm using Veritas BackupExec for our disaster recovery solution. I've setup shares on each box, with restricted permissions, and setup "Backup-to-Disk-Folders" (feature in veritas) on the server that point to each remote host. You can set a max size (how much to use) and a cushion (how much to leave free) Create a pool containing all the BTDFs, and run your backups to them. The great part is if a box is offline, or full, it will just dump over to another one. You should use tapes regularly as well. If you lose one box you could lose everything. But it sure gives the tapes a break, and its nice to know that space is being used.