Re: [WinMac] Backup and Intranet suggestions
Jorge Herrera(jherrera[at]one.net)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:10:39 -0500
See my comments below:
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Fink <chris@tracworld.com>
To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list <winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 3:58 PM
Subject: [WinMac] Backup and Intranet suggestions
>I have two questions:
>
>1) We have a good mix of systems, Novell 3.12 server, NT 4.0 server, 20
>various Wintel workstations (3.1, 95, 98, NT) and some Power Macs. Does
>anyone have any suggestions for a decent backup system to completely
>backup the two servers (both have Mac volumes)? Is DAT the best option?
>We were quoted over $7000 for a backup system from our network
>consultants which seems a tad high.
>
It depends on what "BEST" means to you. I backup several Mac , Novell, NT,
Solaris and Linux Servers with DDS2 & DDS3 DAT Drives. at different
divisions, we have not had problems with DAT, although I would recommend
DDS3(higher capacity). DLT, AIT, CD-ROM , DVD-RAM, MO they all have their
places, for regular nightly backups, DDS3 works very well for us. For
Archival backups, we use CDR-ROM.
As far as software, if you are mainly backing up macintosh data, I would
recommend using Retrospect Remote on a macintosh to backup the macintosh
files.
As far as backing up the Novell and NT Servers, I hav had good results with
both Backup Exec and Arcserve, I use Legato's Networker on Solaris Servers
(Standalone)
The price of some DAT Drives from http://www.warehouse.com
Mac DRI2104 LaCie DDS-3 DAT Drive with Retrospect $1,149.95
PC DR9524 DDS-2 LACIE 8GB EXT DRIVE PC $749.95
PC DR9526 DDS-3 LACIE 12GB EXT TAPE DRIVE $1,179.95
>2) We are also interested in setting up a very basic intranet for file
>sharing and internal email and maybe a calender. Should we use the NT
>server for this? Will the Macs have problems if we use the NT server?
>What about using one of our Macs as an ASIP server? What about email
>clients?
>
As long as you select your applications taking the cross-platform issues
seriously, you should not have any problems using "intranet" applications on
either NT or ASIP.
ASIP 6.x is very good, it is finally a product I would be comfortable
Recomending.
(I've used it since 3.x, but it has always been, to put it mildly,
LOUSY )
Again, the "BEST" solution would depend on a LOT of different variables.
-Jorge Herrera
Brown Publishing Company
I don't speak for them, but even if I did, they'd deny it.
BTW, $7,000.00 might not be an outrageous amount, I would have to know how
many servers, clients and how many GB's of data are being backed up in
ordwer to make a more informed opinion.
>Thanks in advance -
>
>Chris Fink
>TRAC, Inc.
>
>
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