Well, it is definitely not a good idea for them to overlap. I am not too concerned when I back up eMedware and AC at the same time, because they both take about 45 seconds, but I don't send anything over the net and I don't back up Imported Items.
So, I suppose there are several things you could be doing with the backup that would be helpful to know. Are you:
1. Local backup with no ImportedItems (now known as I.I.)
2. Local backup without I.I.
3. Online backup with I.I.
4. Online backup without I.I.
Also, you can back up to multiple places which costs more. It already backs up to your AC folder regardless of what you do.
But, while it takes up memory, unless you had VERY little memory left, I couldn't see it crashing all the time. Also depending on what you are doing, you could consider a manual backup. Again, it depends on what you are doing. I do three small backups of F.A.P., eMedware and AC before I go home. I like to know on top of my other 45 backups, lol, that the big three are done and everything else is gravy.
I generally reassess my backup strategy every three to four months. You may decide that your rockin' backup program, Backup Assist, which backs up your server along with Mozy is good enough for the Imported Items, and you can just do a quick backup of AC.
By the way, if you are using V5 of BA, which I am almost sure you are, there is a really cool add-on for SQL. It will back up SQL online (meaning while the SQL serves are running) as AC does as well. Your Mozy backup probably doesn't and, thus, those database backups may be corrupt. But, with the add-on, you can backup and instance of SQL up to every minute with almost no footprint. I think that that is a bit too much, and I back up every hour, so I will never lose more than three or four patients except on a Friday when it would be six.
By the way, there should be some error logs on your server in the system section or the application section that would shed more light on your errors.
