[CUBE] multi-user OS X backup solutions?

[Joseph B. Gurman]

     Eagle wrote:

>Apple's .Mac Backup is a decent SINGLE-user solution, but it doesn't
>handle multiple users at all.  I've never been successful with
>Retrospect Express (which came with my copy of Norton SystemWorks. 
>I've looked into SilverLining and others and haven't found anything I
>really like.
>
>So, I pose the following question: What backup solutions do you guys
>use on your multi-user OS X systems?  I want something that will back
>up, unattended, multiple user directories to a CD-R(W) or DVD-R.

     We regularly back up multiple drives or directories, locally and 
over the network, with Retrospect (various flavors, from Express to 
Workgroup). It should certainly be possible to create a script (using 
Automate -> Scripts -> New... -> Backup, then select "Subvolume" in 
the Source dialog box, and select the Users subdirectories you want 
to backup (or all of /Users, if you prefer). I haven't used CD-RW or 
DVD-R, but I believe it claims to support those as well.

     On a related topic, if your budget allows, you might want to 
consider using a FireWire hard drive for backups. It means a lot less 
labor on your part than remembering to mount optical media.

						Joe Gurman
-- 
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by."
                                                             - Douglas 
Adams, 1952 - 2001

Joseph B. Gurman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics
Branch, Greenbelt MD 20771 USA