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Alternate Data Path Considerations

If you cannot upgrade the network or expand the time available for backups, you can almost always reduce the size of the data set that has to be handled during any particular instance of your backup. You achieve this by doing one of the following tasks:

• Segment your network.
• Segment your data so that it is backed up during a series of successive backups.
• Restrict the scope of your backups such that they only store data that has changed since the data set was last stored.