You are the network administrator for a telecommunications company in Rochester, New York. The network consists of two Windows Server 2003 systems and 57 Windows XP Professional systems. Both servers are used as domain controllers. One server hosts DHCP and DNS server services. It is also used as a file and print server. The other server hosts a large SQL database. Each server has two hard disks in it, one for the system and boot partition and another for data.
The backup cycle for each server comprises a full backup each Tuesday at 7 p.m. and a differential backup on all other days of the week at 9 p.m. You are backing up to a digital audio tape (DAT) drive. The backups have been operating flawlessly for some time, but one Tuesday you notice that the backup of the drive holding
the SQL database has stopped and requested another tape. Upon investigation, you determine that the SQL database has grown to 22 GB in size. Which of the following strategies is the most cost-effective way to cure the problem?
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Enable compression so twice as much data can be backed up to a single DAT tape.
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