At 7:28 AM -0800 11/11/2009, [email protected] wrote: >On Nov 10, 11:41 am, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > The two frontrunners these days are CarbonCopyCloner (CCC) and >> SuperDuper!. My current preference is for CCC. We've had quite a >> few threads on the LEM lists discussing these products. If you're >> interested in them, you should search first. > >Is Retrospect out of the running?
If your need is to backup to mag tape, or to handle hundreds of Macs, then Retrospect is a decent solution. For the rest, it's pretty much bloatware now. ...I'm just starting to look at Zmanda (the open source solution Bruce mentions in his reply). It looks interesting! >I've used Retrospect since about version 2.1, but I'm unsure what the >move to EMC may have wrought. It isn't pretty. EMC ate Insignia and Dantz (or something like that). They transferred things around, then totally gutted the development group in late 2006 / early 2007. So Retrospect 7 was stillborn. Like Intuit with QuickBooks - they faked it by continually remarketing the old dog. In late 2008 they resurrected things, with a port of Retrospect 8 to the Mac. I think that shipped in March 2009. Here it is Nov and it's still being marketed as "all new!". Bottom line - for personal/home/small office backups, use CCC or SuperDuper as your primary. And if you feel the need for versioning during the day, use Time Machine *also*. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
