>Hi All:
> I backup the data on the SQL Server every day. My backup starts at a specific time when the users are loged off. The backup takes 11 hours. There are times when backup would run for more than 4 days. What can I do to shorten the backup time? Is there a more faster and reliable backup software in the market that would backup sql server in a very short period of time? Please advise, this is ver critical for my company's operations.
>Thanks
>MA

WOW!

Can you detach the database, copy the files to another drive, then reattach the database. Then, you can backup the mdb and log to tape or whatever?

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Also, you don't have to do a full backup all the time. You can do incremental backups, and then do a new full backup on the weekend or something?

BOb