Re: best way to run retrospect with multiple stations on network

2001-01-08 Thread David Chokwenda
Thanks for your help David From: Irena Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 12:21:35 -0800 To: retro-talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: best way to run retrospect with multiple stations on network Keep in mind, though, that Retrospect

Re: best way to run retrospect with multiple stations on network

2001-01-05 Thread David Chokwenda
HI, I am getting 2.1Mb/min on my appletalk network - on this network i have the 2gb i need to backup - and my dtp clients who are running on the 100 base i was getting about 40mb/min - and here i need to be able to backup 8GB on this network. I was just wondering - this is just a thought.

Re: best way to run retrospect with multiple stations on network

2001-01-05 Thread matt barkdull
Yes, it is possible. Since the AppleTalk can be on a different interface than the TCP/IP, just set the AppleTalk control panel to use internal and the TCP/IP to use the card. I was just wondering - this is just a thought. Would it be possible to have retrospect backing up through two netwrok

Re: best way to run retrospect with multiple stations on network

2001-01-05 Thread Irena Solomon
Keep in mind, though, that Retrospect cannot perform two operations simultaneously, thus there isn't a way to use both cards at the same time. Regards, Irena Solomon Dantz Technical Support 925.253.3050 Yes, it is possible. Since the AppleTalk can be on a different interface than

Re: best way to run retrospect with multiple stations on network

2001-01-04 Thread David Chokwenda
Hi, thanks for your email. Yes its a total of 6-8gb for all dtp machines - i am deliberately forcing my users to keep the required backup files to a limit of 2GB each - so you think that one server should be able to handle all that. What i was thinking initially was to use the 7200/75 for

Re: best way to run retrospect with multiple stations on network

2001-01-04 Thread matt barkdull
What are you getting now for the backup times on the local machine? That's a pretty good indication of the top speed of your system usually. If the log shows 15MB/Min, just take the total amount backed up and divide it by 15MB and you will get the total minutes it takes. So, for 8-10GB you

best way to run retrospect with multiple stations on network

2001-01-03 Thread David Chokwenda
Hi, I am a relatively new user, have retrospect network pack version 4.0 I have two sets of clients on my LAN that I wish to be able to backup and would apprecaite your suggestions. 1-group of powerbook users and office machines that have combined storage of 2GB. 2-I have 4 dtp stations that