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- From: case@ucs.sdsu.edu (Steve Case)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
- Subject: Re: Best backup for Mac namespace
- Message-ID: <case.60.724355102@ucs.sdsu.edu>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 17:45:02 GMT
- References: <12DEC199210350138@jane.uh.edu>
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- In article <12DEC199210350138@jane.uh.edu> englhq@jane.uh.edu (Franklet, Duane L.) writes:
- >From: englhq@jane.uh.edu (Franklet, Duane L.)
- >Subject: Best backup for Mac namespace
- >Date: 12 Dec 1992 10:35 CST
- >Colorado Jumbo tape backup is giving me a jumbo headache. From everything
- >I can tell, in order to backup your Mac files, it creates a gigantic file
- >consisting of the resource forks of ALL your Mac files and then backs that
- >up as one file.
- >
- >In a word: Bullshit.
- >
- >First you have to have enough space to create this monolith, otherwise
- >you get halfway through and get a message that your volume is running out
- >of space. Second to restore a file, you have to recreate the monster (again
- >space,time,etc.) This is not a workable solution.
- >
- >Can somebody recommend a backup drive and method that handles Mac
- >namespace in a reasonable fashion?
- >
- >Thanks very much.
- >
- >_____________________
- >Duane Franklet
- >englhq@jetson.uh.edu
-
- Our Maynard Maynstream 1/4" drive backups and restores Mac files
- individually and correctly with our 3.11 server. However, if I bought one
- now, I would probably go with the 8mm or DAT Maynard products for their
- larger capacity and faster restore speed.
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