More robust options than Windows Retrospect data archiving
We are currently using Retrospect (windows version) to do both nightly backups and regular archiving of our production server. The routine archiving consists of an average of 200GB of DATA on several tapes in one catalog. We find that Retrospect may not be the most robust solution for such large data sets. However we are [...]

Answer Question   |  February 18, 2011  7:53 PM
Archiving, Backup and restore, Data archiving, Data backup solutions, LTO, LTO4, Retrospect

LTO-1 to LTO-4 Migration
We are an audio post production facility in the LA area. Currently we archive our finished work to LTO-4 using a tape library (Dell TL-4000) and Retrospect. We also have a Fibre LTO-4 drive and a SCSI LTO-3 drive. One of our clients has +/- 1,000 LTO-1 tapes with audio data as well as other [...]

Answer Question   |  September 13, 2010  12:40 AM
LTO, LTO tape library, Retrospect, SCSI, Tape Backups, Tape storage

Dual NICs causing sync problem
I have a computer with 2 NICs each pulling an IP from a different DHCP server in order to access two different networks. The computer syncs with Retrospect on one server and only needs file access on the other. The problem is that periodically the computer cannot sync, leaving it unable to get to any [...]

Answer Question   |  September 30, 2008  4:11 PM
DHCP, NIC, Retrospect