Question : Problem: Software/Hardware for Backup of Small Business

Im looking for any suggestions on a backup solution for a Windows 2003 SBS Server running Exchange and SQL and basic data backup, that is somewhat cost effective for a small business (1 server and 5 workstations).

Something not terribly complicated, but that will backup/restore the necessarry OS files (Sysytem State) and the data. They have about 7 gigs of data on a daily basis and growing quite slowly.

What software and hardware have you found to be very effective? External Disks. Tape,..?

Would I be able to use any software on any tyoe of hardware? For example I was looking at the CA software below for SBS. Could I run this to any hardware storage device?
http://store.ca.com/dr/v2/ec_Main.Entry17c?V1=740185&PID=740185&PN=1&SP=10023&SID=40705&CUR=840&CID=190532&DSP=&PGRP=0&ABCODE=&CACHE_ID=190532

Answer : Problem: Software/Hardware for Backup of Small Business

SBS has a very good backup program already built in.  It knows how to handle Exhchange and SQL.  Use external USB hard drives, 300gb or so and have the user swap them on a daily or weekly basis and store the other one in a safe or offsite.  It backups up quickly, the media is cheap and is reliable.

Tapes are a thing of the past and online backups can tax the bandwidth and possibly take a long time.

With the monitoring tools you get notified if there are problems.  You can also do the following to be notified if the backup is sucessful :

http://www.smallbizserver.net/tabid/266/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/143/Add-an-email-alert-after-successful-backup.aspx