Retrospect 8.0 Beta 5 now Available

[Philip Ershler]

On Mar 11, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Peter M. Fine wrote:

> Martin,
>
> At some point, one needs to expect that legacy hardware is not going  
> to be supported with all new product development whether you or I  
> think that is fair.
>
> How many years has the INTEL Mac been out - about two years now?
> When is enough time enough time to move to current architecture for  
> use with current software?
>
> It is one thing if Retrospect 6 stopped working when 8 came out and  
> you had no where to turn but that is not the case. I do not know why  
> anyone expects cutting edge software to be developed for old  
> hardware and I do not think it is reasonable to have that expectation.
>
> What if Retrospect 8 gets to the PPC support a few months later than  
> the release date in order to not hold the "rest" of us up on getting  
> the final product?  Then, you stick with what you have been using a  
> bit longer.
>
> Are you only using Retrospect because you have it and it runs on  
> your hardware rather than using it because you think it does a good  
> job with your needs?
>
> Just my opinion of course.
>
> -Peter
>

That's all well and good, but EMC stated that PPC support would be in  
the release version. I've got a G4 Xserve that is just perfect for a  
backup server. Version 6 makes me crazy. Once you start anything  
running in the program, you cannot do anything else until the first  
job finishes. Also you have to leave the console open and logged in or  
RS is useless. I don't mind waiting a bit longer if it's really gonna  
happen, but you've got to admit the new version is terribly late. Also  
what happens if the PPC support is turned on and there's a bad bug  
that requires reworking the Intel support. That might effect everyone.

Just my 2 cents

Phil


>
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Martin S. Boswell wrote:
>> I would also like very much to see the Retrospect 8 engine running  
>> on PPC.  I have a rack full of G5 Xserves, any one (or more) of  
>> which I could use for my backup server, but do not have funds to  
>> purchase new hardware for this purpose.
>> When Retrospect 8 is released, if the engine does not run on PPC,  
>> I'll have to turn to other vendors to replace my aging Retrospect 6  
>> server.
>
>
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