![]() ![]() ![]() For instance, while Sources is obvious enough, clicking on Destination gives you the option to select a “Backup Set.” That’s the same as a destination, but it can give you pause initially. There’s still the highly-efficient collapsible function tree to the left, wizard-like script (job) creation, and logical but not immediately intuitive workflow, with jargon-heavy nomenclature. In the backup world, however, steady connotes reliabilty, so that’s not a knock in the least. I was a bit surprised, not having looked at Retrospect for over 10 years, that the interface had not changed much, if at all. ![]() Though the language is odd, Retrospect is easy to use once you know it and supports multiple destinations. The enterprise is really Retrospect’s bread-and-butter market, but having used the program extensively myself, I can attest that it’s good stuff for the average user as well-once you know it. There are a host of enterprise solutions for servers, as well as a management console and VM (Virtual Machine) support for the IT staff. Subscriptions are available starting from $4 a month. ![]() Retrospect 17 is available for a single computer for $49 (Solo), and $119 for five computers (Desktop). Go there for information on competing products and how we tested them. We found this feature particularly easy to use, and you can easily secure transmissions over SSL if you wish.This review is part of our ongoing roundup of the best Windows backup software. With IIS installed on the backup server, clients can use a simple web browser interface to search through backed up files associated with their system, select candidates for restoration, and decide on a local destination. The new User Initiated Restore (UIR) feature allows users to retrieve their own files, but only from backup sets stored on hard disks on the backup server. In contrast, ARCserve’s disk-staging option requires one job to manage all three phases. However, there’s no interaction between the disk-to-disk and tape stages. In practice, this works well enough and has the added advantage of requiring a small number of tapes for a yearly strategy. The Transfer Snapshot option is used to secure the disk location to tape, although you’ll need to create separate jobs for each tape that’s being rotated offsite and change the media assigned to each backup set so that the replacement tapes will be used. Along with removable media, Retrospect has always had the ability to back up to hard disk, so all you’re effectively doing for a D2D2T strategy is creating one proactive backup job that secures client and server data to a disk, and other jobs that back up this location to tape at scheduled intervals.ĭisk space is managed by Retrospect’s existing grooming feature, which automatically deletes older backups. However, all EMC has really done with Retrospect is realign and promote a number of existing features. We’ve already seen CA’s ARCserve r11.5 and Symantec’s Backup Exec 10d add respective disk staging and CPS (continuous protection server) components. Also, the recent interest in D2D2T (disk-to-disk-to-tape) backup has prompted most backup software vendors to come up with a new solution or an additional supporting feature. This latest version delivers plenty of new performance tweaks, with the main aim being to increase backup windows. ![]()
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