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I'll give it a shot on one of our test servers.  The primary server has about 120 gb free.

Thanks for the quick response.

BillH

Thanks Derrick, however, here is my current backup schedule:

Microsoft SQL Server Full Backup:  Every Morning at 6:00 a.m. (takes about 8 minutes for all databases on each server.

Microsoft SQL Server...

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