Originally Posted by MileageHound

I'll nominate this as one of the dumbest technical replies I've seen on here in a long time. This sounds suspiciously like someone saying 'look, look, this is a problem only I know about, listen to me'.

I do know how large a database a site like this entails, ... and if someone is paying you for advice like what you said above ("it takes more than a day to restore...") here are two thoughts: 1.) You've got an excellent client/employer in that you've certainly got them fooled so if they keep paying you for advice like this that's great...for you, and 2.) (more seriously) they, or you, need to find someone with the right skill set for the particular database in question. Unless you're Visa, Mastercard, or the IRS, with multi tera-byte sized databases, it will never take 'days' to restore when done correctly. Never.