OT: backups

[James Z]

This isn't quite what you want but... I keep all my documents in one
directory (containing many sub directories.) when I backup to a DVD I only
need to copy the one directory.
The benefit: everything gets copied to the backup and you don't have to
worry that anything isn't  backed up..
The negative: you backup all files new or old every time, if you have more
than 8.5 GB you have to use multiple disks.

I've used this method for years starting with 40 MGB Syquest disks, taking a
left turn to 120 and 230 MB MO disks then CD-R and now DVDs. I lost the
contents of my 80 MB macintosh IIC when it crashed and Apple's backup
utility said 'all done' on disk #4 of 80 floppy disks and I never could
recover my data.

James Z.

On 4/16/06 8:09 PM, "Mark Wieder" <mwieder at ahsoftware.net> wrote:

> All-
> 
> Off topic, but there are some smart and savvy people on this list so I
> thought I'd ask...
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations for backup systems?
> 
> What I'm currently using: a mixed OSX and Windows 2k system running
> Retrospect Server 6.5 on a Win2k server box, backing up four computers
> to a 160gig NetDisk. This occasionally works, is a pain to set up,
> more of a pain to reconfigure, and a *real* pain if an error occurs
> during the backup process. I've had Retrospect hang and use up 99% of
> the available cpu resources, I've had it not find client machines and
> had to reinstall the client software many times, I've had it give me
> errors on files I've told it not to back up...
> 
> So my question is: does anyone with more than one computer have any
> recommendation for something that works better? None of my clients
> have a backup system that works unless they move files manually, and I
> don't know what to recommend to them because I haven't found anything
> that works for me either.