Re: [cobalt-users] wishlist

[Malcolm McLeary <mmcleary@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Randall,

on 4/10/00 10:28 AM, Randall Clark at wz297@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Does anyone have or is willing to create a Windows based restore program for
> the backup file created by a Raq?  When I do a system backup and if I want
> to restore a few files in that backup I need to upload the entire backup
> file through the user interface and choose the files I want to restore.  To
> me this is a total waste of time and bandwidth, could'nt Cobalt or someone
> with the skills create a windows based program that can open the backup
> file, upload and restore only the files you want??  This kind of program
> makes more sence then uploading a 400MB file to restore 2MB worth of files.

IMHO the best Windows based backup product is Dantz Retrospect ... it is
also the best MacOS based backup product.

The boys and girls at Dantz are working on a Linux client with an x86
version out and about being beta tested.  They have Cobalt hardware in their
development lab and are planning to do a MIPS version once the x86 version
is complete.

Retrospect is a very nice product and easy to use. It does incremental
backups correctly and does a really good job of RESTORE.  As they say ...
Whats the point of doing backups if you can't restore.

You can get more info from;

    http://www.dantz.com/

        or

    http://www.betterbackup.com/

If you are interested in beta testing, then contact;

    Paul Mackinney
    Dantz Development Corporation
    925.253.3098
    paul_mackinney@xxxxxxxxx

Personally I use the product with Qubes and Gateway Microservers by mounting
SMB shares.  A Retrospect Linux client will make life so much easier.

If your RaQ is a RaQ is a RaQ3 or RaQ4, then the x86 version currently in
beta may be worth a look.

Cheers,  Malcolm

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