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DizietSma
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Hi all,
Can anyone point me in the direction of a good or really good backup software solution?
Machine to be backed up: XP Prof (shared folder supplies 6 people's data on the LAN)
Backup Unit: HP SureStore DAT 320 USB External.
Data: About 50 Gig, daily append jobs, weekly full jobs.
The backup software that comes with it is rubbish and I want to investigate a better one.
Thanks/.
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saspro
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Backup Exec if you can afford it.
Failing that NTBackup
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DizietSma
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I didn't think BackupExec would install on a Windows XP Prof. box.
And assuming it does, wouldn't it use up a lot of system resources?
Thanks Sas.
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EddArmitage
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It seems it will at least install on XP, going by this
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DizietSma
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Yeah I looked at that too before posting but it's a little misleading to say the least.
It makes no differentiation between what systems it will run on and what systems it will backup.
Will have to download a trial and see....
Thanks.
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big_D
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We use BackupExec here on our servers.
It is fairly light - two of the servers have 1GB of memory and still manage to run the backups at a decent pace.
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There's a free trial so you can make sure it works with the tape drive http://www.barracudaware.com/products/desktop-backupTapeware 7.0 although I've never used it http://www.brothersoft.com/tapeware-15859.html_________________Twitter Blogflickr
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Coref
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Make sure you test the restores too. 
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