Jason Toews - Wednesday, August 16, 2017 12:51 PM
What you do with backups really should first be based on what the RTO and RPO are for whatever databases you are backing up. Regardless of the size, those would be my biggest considerations first. Then I would figure out what methods, technology will meet those needs.
If you are referring to a system image, that is a server backup so it will have limitations. There are similar processes available for just the databases but what's available depends on the environment (hardware), costs, skill sets to some degree and probably other things I'm not thinking of right now. SQL aware backups aren't necessarily a must, it really depends.
With RTO and RPO in mind, find the technologies that meet those. Since it's a business need, you tell the business what the options are and what you would need to meet those objectives. And then go from there.
Sue