doug@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Douglas Merrill) (06/13/91)
Hi to all... At our lab, we have 4 Mac IIfx's hooked together using Appletalk. We are developing a large software package using all of the machines, and (naturally enough) need to back them up. Previously, we had been backing them all up via a Kinetics box to our Suns, but this has proved problematic. We would like to hook up some hardware to one of the macs and back up to it (incrementally), if possible. However, when we go for advice on what to buy, we have received *lots* of contradictory advice! We would prefer to not use an external hard disk (as some of us are afraid of head crashes), but noone seems to have any better ideas... So, we come to you NetLanders -- can someone out there e-mail me with hardware &/or software suggestions to solve this problem? If there's sufficient interest, I'll post a summary. Sorry if this is a FAQ! Douglas Merrill doug@clarity.princeton.edu Princeton University Cognitive Science Lab
truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell) (06/14/91)
In <DOUG.91Jun12202334@clarity.princeton.edu> doug@clarity.Princeton.EDU (Douglas Merrill) writes: >At our lab, we have 4 Mac IIfx's hooked together using >Appletalk. We are developing a large software package >using all of the machines, and (naturally enough) need >to back them up. I just got a 2.2 gig Exabyte tape drive for backing up 25 devices over LocalTalk. This is probably much more than you need, but I'm very happy with performance. Tapes are 8mm video and are readily available for cheap. The preferred tape here is Sony P6-120MP. Retrospect remote is the software of choice for this. You will need to study the manual a bit and fiddle around until you're comfortable with your setup, but after that, it's smooth sailing. Retrospect is cool for your application because it can keep versions of your development project. In other words, you don't need to keep backing up just the most recent work but can retreive stuff way into the past if need be. Froody, huh? --scott -- Scott Truesdell
damon@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Damon Schaefer) (06/15/91)
> Retrospect remote is the software of choice.
Scott speaketh truth! We are using Retrospect remote to
back up (um) 10 or so Macs and a file server over
EtherTalk (tm). We were forced to go with Retro after
actually trying about 5 other packages and experiencing
abysmal failures. Give it a try!