Windows 2003 File size limit for bkf file?

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Okramo

Hi,

I have Win2k3 server operating system with two partitions.

I'am planing to make backup of all data which my server contains -
there is about 25GB files.

My plan is to use MS Backup tool, which stores all data in one *.bkf
file.

I suppose that tool will make *.bkf file large about 17-20 GB. Is that
possible?

What is the maximum size of *.bkf file?

Thanks
 
"Okramo" <okramo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have Win2k3 server operating system with two partitions.
>
> I'am planing to make backup of all data which my server contains -
> there is about 25GB files.
>
> My plan is to use MS Backup tool, which stores all data in one *.bkf
> file.
>
> I suppose that tool will make *.bkf file large about 17-20 GB. Is that
> possible?
>
> What is the maximum size of *.bkf file?
>
> Thanks
>

The maximum size is determined by your file system - 4 GBytes for
FAT32 drives, much larger for NTFS drives.

An even more important question is whether it is wise to make
such a huge backup file. There are LOTS of eggs in this single
basket, and it is likely to take you a looooooooooooong time
to retrieve a single file while your users are breathing down your
neck.
 
Assuming you are backing up to disk, a good alternative solution for
backing up these files would be robocopy.exe, which is a MS Resource
Kit Utility that's available for free download from Microsoft's
website. It's a very useful tool to get familiar with for backing up,
copying, and other common file mgmt tasks. If you are using a tape
drive you'll have to use MS Backup Tool (NTBackup) or some other tape
backup solution.

W2K3 Resource Kit:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en

Robocopy GUI add-on:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/
 
Thank you for your help!

I made backup file with MS, everything worked okey but I'll check out
robocopy utility.

thx
 
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