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xServe backup options
Name: r_geyman Date: July 23, 2002 at 08:14:58 Pacific
Comment:
I'm after some backup software for a Mac xServe, but the only options I can see cost hundreds of dollars. The network I run is only very small and these solutions seem excessive. A possible solution seems to be FWB Backup. Does anyone have any experience of this?
Name: the pickle Date: July 23, 2002 at 09:14:42 Pacific
Reply:
Retrospect is your best bet. If you can afford an XServe, you can afford Retrospect.
p
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Response Number 2
Name: r_geyman Date: July 24, 2002 at 01:16:09 Pacific
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All we have is a 20 machine peer to peer network with the xServe as a file, mail and proxy server. Retrospect does seem like a good program, but the only backing up we'll be doing is files on the xServe, not on the client machines. To backup the xServe would mean buying Retrospect workgroup, which at $500 seems to be a bit expensive for the very small number of tasks we need from it.
Richard
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Response Number 3
Name: Andy Date: July 24, 2002 at 02:25:20 Pacific
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Why not back up to a 60+gb ext harddrive?,or for ultimate backing-up a NAS!
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Response Number 4
Name: r_geyman Date: July 24, 2002 at 07:00:47 Pacific
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For the time being we are using an 18gb external drive on the network, but my problem is finding software that will perform automatic backups on Server x that doesn't cost $100's. Until I arrived backups weren't even thought about(!) and I'm not sure the boss will remember to run a manual backup every week, let alone day!
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Response Number 5
Name: Andy Date: July 26, 2002 at 00:34:34 Pacific
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You work for money!,why not do it for them once a week?,atleast you'll paid for taking the time to it!
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Response Number 6
Name: the pickle Date: July 26, 2002 at 09:08:43 Pacific
Reply:
Just let it alone and the first time the boss loses data from a crash, you'll have your $500 for Restrospect.
Tell him it's like a one-time $500 insurance policy against ever losing data. Ask him what's worth more: his data or your time to reconstruct things as best as they can be reconstructed in the case of a crash.
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