Re: Anyone used Retrospect on medium-large systems?

2001-01-02 Thread Chris Freemesser
So... the question is, since I am planning to look at the market for backup software for bigger systems, would it be reasonable for me to include Retrospect in the candidate list? Is anyone on the list backing up systems on this scale? Any advice welcome. Ian. Hi Ian. I run a Retrospect

the quantum end of the scale

2001-01-02 Thread ilyes
TimDavid wrote: it really pays to learn all of the "nooks and crannies" of the program. I learned a lot of little things that really made my life easier about 2 years after I started using Retrospect. I'm a new Retrospect-user, and unlike you power-dudes working with mega-gigs, I only need

Re: the quantum end of the scale

2001-01-02 Thread Tom Lawton
Ilyes- my _tiny_ little nook; probably not undocumented, but it sure took me a long while to find, and when I did, it solved all my problems!: The option to "Set source files' backup time" in a script was very useful for me... you can then build a selector which only backs up files modified

huge catalogs and slow snapshots

2001-01-02 Thread Michael Kennard
I know this was discussed late last year but this still baffles me... The PC takes ages to do a snapshot whereas the mac doesn't take anytime. Shouldn't the PC gather all the information it needs at the start when it's reading the disk or does it change a flag on the files/folders to mark

Re: Anyone used Retrospect on medium-large systems?

2001-01-02 Thread Steven Karel
We back up about 200 clients, half Mac, half Windows, including about a dozen laptops. We have less data turnover than you do, however, and only back up each client about once a week. In no particular order, here are my comments on backing up medium-size networks with Retrospect vis-a-vis other

Re: the quantum end of the scale

2001-01-02 Thread Al Byrne
At about 03/01/01 04:28 (GMT -1000), Tom Lawton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Now, if anyone could tell me how to get Retrospect to start a new (file) storage set AUTOMATICALLY when a size limit is exceeded, that would be great! Concur! This one is very close to the top of my wishlist. I am