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- From: ellens@bnr.ca (Chris Ellens)
- Subject: Re: FastBack or Retrospect?
- Message-ID: <ellens-270193131305@47.220.2.146>
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- References: <mp-250193121237@134.111.45.21>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:12:11 GMT
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- In article <mp-250193121237@134.111.45.21>, mp@az.stratus.com (Mike Peters)
- wrote:
- >
- > I'm purchasing an Archive 2150S tape drive (DC6150/6250) to use on my IIci
- > (MacOS and A/UX).
- >
- > I would like to hear about experiences using FastBack and Retrospect backup
- > software so I can decide which one to buy (the tape drive I'm looking at
- > does not include software).
- >
- > TIA,
- >
- > Mike
-
- I have Fastback, some of my colleagues have Retrospect. I think I lost out.
- Fastback may be (marginally) faster, but Retrospect has a better interface
- (from what I've seen). What really bothers me about Fastback is that I
- can't restore a file to a volume with a different name than the one it was
- backed up from. Retrospect apparently handles this with it's
- archive/retrieve function.
-
- Chris Ellens ellens@bnr.ca
-