Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Mac backup solutions
From: Randy Newman (ran@connect.net)
Date: Thu Jun 04 1998 - 15:44:10 EDT
Brian Bothwell wrote:
> Today my boss put me in charge of coming up with a robust, convenient,
> yet affordable backup solution for the nine Macs, and 6 NT/95 machines in
> our office. After laughing to myself for a bit, I figured the vast pool of
> knowledge on this list might be able to help. :)
>
> Since we are purchasing a new server soon (which will run RedHat 5.1) and
> are planning to get a SCSI DAT 4mm backup drive for it, I would like to
> find some way of using this drive to backup the Macs with using Netatalk.
> I suggested having all Mac users put all files they wanted backed up into
> folder(s) that are Netatalk-shared from the Linux server, then just doing
> standard nightly backups (with weekly full dumps). However, he said he
> wants to have a system in which the Mac users can automatically back up
> their entire system (sans the Applications which we have on CD-ROM and can
> be easily re-installed)
>
> I have looked at Retrospect
> (http://www.dantz.com/dantz_products/rnbk.html), which looks like an
> option but that would mean I would have to administer the backups from one
> of the Macs (not a big deal, but I would prefer to do it from the Linux
> server) I was thinking I could hook up the tape drive to the Linux box,
> share it via Netatalk, then backup to it using Retrospect. Retrospect
> does full NT and Win95 backups as well.
>
> Has anyone set up any backup solutions like this? What other ways might I
> go about this?
>
> Thanx,
>
> -Brian
I use Speed Doubler 8. It has an automatic copy agent that I use to copy a
working folder on each mac to a Netatalk Server. Then I backup the Server
with a tape drive. I also use Retrospect locally on the mac network. It has a
very convent search and retrieve ability. So I have redundancy and ease of
use. I keep the server in another part of the building locked up tight so if
all the workstations are stolen the server wont go with it. Also don't forget
to take a offsite backup at least once a week.
Ran
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