http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx/tidbits-talk I work in a multi-platform environment (Mac, Windows, Linux, Unix) of
over 120 computers. We have been beta testing a backup solution that
I had high hopes for. The company recently dropped software
development and we do not have a backup solution.

We have used Retrospect in the past for Mac, Windows but unless the
recent version works very different from versions 5 or 6 it is not
the solution for us. What I would like is software that:
1) can have a customized backup strategy for individual computers
    i.e what is backed up and when (very awkward to do in retrospect)
2) is fast (retrospect 5 and 6 are very slow)
3) can back up fast to disk and then at a later time migrate the backup to
    tape (could not figure out how to do this in retrospect 5 or 6)
4) have at least 2 independent active backup sets
5) not require an administrator to do a simple restore

Not necessary but prefer that the software
1) can save the files in a readable format (i.e not encoded)
2) does not require us to write our own scripts to get it to work

I am willing to entertain suggestions that do not meet all of the
first 5 but the strategy would need to be exceptional in how it works.

You can send your suggestions directly to me and I will summarize and
post the results back to the list.


[It's OK if there's discussion of this as well, since I think it's a topic of fairly general interest. -Adam]


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Richard Crispin
Information Systems Admin e-mail:rcrispinwatarts.uwaterloo.ca
St. Jerome's University phone:Days (519)884-8111 ext. 260
200 Westmount Rd. FAX:(519)725-0015
Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G3
Canada
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