I need to clarify my vision of back up. I see back up in two forms:
1st - back ups of the server to maintain the function of the server and network. Regular daily back ups and hardware failure solutions like RAID to maintain the server running. You need to keep imagining back ups using Norton Ghost. I am not sure about using the SBS server back up software. You need backup plans, equipment, etc to keep the server in operation. Some people will even use two servers in tandom to fail over if needed.
2nd - back of the data integrity. That would be snap shots of the AC or MS shadow copy feature. Just keeping an up to date back up is not sufficient, you need snap shots of different states in you DB. If you end up with data corruption but you did not realize it for several weeks/months without those snap shots your screwed. You will need to keep those snap shots safe and for a while. AC tech staff said that you should keep it for 18 months (this is hearsay from my IT). You can decide what you want to do. Obviously the size of the AC is relatively small and easy to back up.
Remember that RAID is NOT a backup solution, it is a hardware failure solution. It only protects against failure of the hard drive NOT the data (ie virus, corruption, failed updates, etc.).
If I was an actual IT professional I may be able to add the proper terminology to the above discription.
Geoff
