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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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Subject: Re: appleTalk backup
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Date: 30 Jul 90 16:19:25 GMT
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In article <8111*kenw@noah.arc.ab.ca> kenw@noah.arc.ab.ca (Ken Wallewein) writes:
>
>  We need a centrally administered facility that does network backups to
>tape - preferably 8mm.   It should provide flexible incremental, selective,
>and full backups.   I know of NetStream by PCPC; it would probably do
>the job if one could get past that abysmal user interface.

I would make very certain that it did what you wanted it to do.
I used to use HFS Backup from PCPC, and found not only bugs (three
of the four possible modes of backup were essentially unusable),
but at least one dangerous misfeature (namely, that if you backed
up only a particular type of file (documents, for example),
incrementals to that backup would only backup files that were part
of the original backup--new files, even those matching the original
criteria, were NOT BACKED UP).

I can't tolerate a buggy backup program.  I switched to DiskFit.  Less
features, but more utility.

Perhaps their other programs are better.  Perhaps they've straightened
out their act.
--
Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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