A look at Exchange Bricklayer Backup

Exchange backup, or as some refer to it as brick level backup, is a class of backup utility. This type of backup is often by required by companies that employ many hundreds of employees and which require individual Exchange mailboxes to be restored rather than the entire Exchange database. Full online or offline Microsoft Exchange backups do not permit the recovery of emails or particular user mailboxes. Unlike other types of backup solutions strategies and file-based USB 2.0 or eSATA backup, brick-level backups use a different backup process in which they perform a specific MAPI logon to each mailbox as part of the backup process.

The downside of bricklayer backups is that it can be slow compared to other types of backup strategies. This is something to consider when dealing with and backing up Microsoft Exchange. In addition, only a full file-based backup of Microsoft Exchange can guarantee that all Exchange data has been backed up correctly. A brick-level restore may be beneficial if only fractions are to be restored; however, there remains a chance for data loss.

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