Reply inline. On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]>wrote:
> Good Afternoon, all. > > After much frustration with Acronis, I have come to the realization that > it cannot do what I want it to. We've had the product for a year, and have > had marginal success making and pulling data from backups. I am resorting > to standard Windows Backups now. > My biggest frustration, and why I've never really thought about it seriously for $WORK is the price. Very expensive from my past research into it for that application. > > So, I'm in the market. I would love to have the list's current > recommendations (for and against) various backup products. > > Here is my single requirement: > > * File level restore of a Window's file share - Our biggest need is when > a teacher/student accidently deletes or writes over a file... and would > like the copy form 3 days ago. > Shadow Copies fills this requirement quite nicely for the most part. Not a replacement for backup, but in the 3-days-or-so-since-disaster scenario it provides a great self-service facility for users to correct their mistakes without IT intervention. > > The following are optional: > > * VMware support - We are now running all of our servers from the VMware > cluster, some of which are running linux. > > * Macintosh file support - Acronis chokes on some Macintosh file names > when doing a file-level backup, and I'd love something that is known to > work with these. > > * Mild costs - I'm not looking for a cheap solution, but I'll take one > that's inexpensive. > > * Ease of use - A backup solution should not require constant > grooming/tending/clearing to work. > Agreed, but they all do to some extent. :) > > All suggestions are appreciated. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > >
