Incremental Backup Technology

[Jason Ferenczy-Zumpano]

This is true to an extent, but as I recall the Entrourage databases are
large single files -- Retrospect only recopies changed files but does
not copy just parts of files.  So, if you had 100,000 1KB files of which
only 1,000 changed, it would only recopy around 1MB (1KB x 1000) but if
you have 5 files each that were 2Gb each and all 5 of them changed, it
would recopy 10GB a night.

Jason Ferenczy-Zumpano, Practice Administrator
Cornerstone Medical Care of Brandon and Sun City Center
Phone: 813-681-5658 x125      Fax: 813-681-5250
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:retro-talk-bounces at list.dantz.com] On Behalf Of Bob Humphrey
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 12:31 PM
To: retro-talk at list.dantz.com
Subject: Incremental Backup Technology

Hi,

One of my clients is considering an upgrade to Retrospect for Windows 
- Multiserver.  Taking a look at the latest features, I saw this:

"No need for time-consuming weekly full backups
Unlike other backup products, Retrospect does not require weekly full 
backups in order to accurately restore data. Simply start with one 
full backup and Retrospect patented incremental backup technology 
takes care of the rest saving time and storage space."

Is this feature something that will be available (built-in or as an 
add-on) in the forthcoming Mac version?  This would be huge for many 
of us who wrestle with massive Entourage databases, & such in 
Mac-centric shops...

Regards,

Bob Humphrey

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