RE: [WinMac] ARCserve vs Retrospect Server Backup

From: Peters J B (Brooks) CRBE (PetersJB@nswccd.navy.mil)
Date: Tue Mar 06 2001 - 14:26:22 PST

Tom,

You might want to consider asking your question within the Retrospect List which I find to be quite active, helpful, and accurate. The list info taken from it's message footer is:

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Good luck,

Brooks

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> From: tomroth@wfubmc.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2001 2:25 PM
> To: WinMac
> Subject: [WinMac] ARCserve vs Retrospect Server Backup
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>
> I've been using ARCserve for many years to backup my NT 4.0 Server and
> NT Workstations and long time ago to backup a Novell server. For the
> Mac side of things though I've always preferred and used Retrospect. I
> prefer Retrospect because it's much easier to install, use and maintain
> than ARCserve. Both products have been very reliable though I'd have to
> say that Retrospect has proved to be just a little bit more reliable
> than ARCserve.
>
> Now I'm finding myself needing to upgrade ARCserve to the new ARCserve
> 2000. However, I'm thinking I'd really rather drop ARCserve and switch
> to Retrospect Server Backup to perform the NT 4.0 Server (and eventually
> Windows 200 Server) and NT Workstation backups. Comparing the the two
> product's features and supported drives looks to be essentially the same.
>
> Anyone out there with experience using Retrospect Server Backup? I'd
> love to get some feedback about it, good or bad. Anyone with a
> compelling reason to stick with ARCserve?
>
> Please email me directly at mailto:tomroth@wfubmc.edu?subject=ARCserve%20vs%20Retrospect%20Server%20Backup
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