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Everything You Need to Know About Exchange Backups* - Part 1

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Jun 04, 2012
  *But Were Afraid to Ask This is a part 1 of a 3 part blog series. Please see this for Part 2 and this for Part 3. If you find the inner workings of Exchange data backups using Volume Shadown ...
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@Raveendran, so long as server specs are scaled properly for load any increase in memory usage shouldn't be a cause for concern.  The time it takes VSS to create a snapshot for a single volume is typically short enough that available memory is in no way challenged to handle the very brief uptick in usage.