[Ti] Retrospect vs. ABS Plus (back-up solutions)

[Dr. Trevor J. Hutley]

At 13:55 -0400 19/10/04, Malcolm Hamilton wrote:
>Hi all,
>I recently bought Retrospect 6.0 to back up to an external fw drive, 
>which I've now done a few times.  I'm sure this is a good program, 
>but I'm amazed by how long it takes!  My first back up took quite a 
>while, understandably, but my incremental backups since then also 
>seem to take a long time.
>(I should mention right now that I'm using a powerbook Titianium, 
>400MHz, with 768 MB or RAM).
>I timed my last back-up:  it took just over an hour; and it was 
>working at around 200 MB/minute.

Malcolm - I have been using Retrospect backup for over a decade, and 
found it extremely solid and reliable.

Currently, I have a 15" Al Powerbook, and Retrospect Express 5.0.

It backs up to my external FW400 disk(s) at about 200 Mb/min, at best.

Since I do frequent incremental backups, speed is not an issue for me.

When I do a full back of my 80 Gb hard disk, I leave it running overnight.

regards,  Trevor