rlwald@dial.Princeton.EDU (Robert L. Wald) (12/04/90)
I'm looking for backup sofware. How do Redux & FastBack II compare? Or is there a better third one? I've seen Redux 1.6 & Fastback II v 2.00. Fastback II seems to be deficient on handling disks in error and can't tell where to start restoring from ( I used it for a hierarchy transfer and it failed). Is the current version better? COmpression, etc... Thanks -Rob "Its a good thing frogs can hop, or I'd be Gone With the Schwinn!" rlwald@phoenix.princeton.edu
nick@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) (12/06/90)
How does Fastback II compare to Fastback? I've been using the latter, and
it's nice. I've heard that 'II was a step backwards.
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"You ain't seen nothing yet. I can take this floor out too, no trouble."hallett@enterprise.positron.gemed.ge.com (Jeff Hallett x5163 ) (12/14/90)
In article <4471@idunno.Princeton.EDU> rlwald@dial.Princeton.EDU (Robert L. Wald) writes:
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=> I'm looking for backup sofware. How do Redux & FastBack II compare?
=> Or is there a better third one? I've seen Redux 1.6 & Fastback II
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=> rlwald@phoenix.princeton.edu
Don't know much about Redux, but I like FastBack II quite a lot. The
only proplem with it is its feature about not removing previous
version => backup sets grow to infinity.
Keep an eye on DiskFit 2.0. They claim, from the update announcement,
that they will support the selecting ability of FastBack II and still
be able to overwrite old versions on backup.
It will be tough making a decision. Please be aware that I am not
criticizing the fact that Fastback II preserves old versions. It is
just a personal preference based on the way I do my computing and
backups. I can see where other would find it very useful.
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