Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!sequent!mntgfx!tomc
From: tomc@mntgfx.mentor.com (Tom Carstensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: DiskFit VS Redux: My DEFINITE conclusion
Keywords: diskfit redux backup
Message-ID: <1988Oct4.162537.8158@mntgfx.mentor.com>
Date: 4 Oct 88 23:25:30 GMT
Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation, Beaverton Oregon
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I had used DiskFit 1.41 for quite a while now, I'd thought I'd
test out Redux, to see how it compares.

Overall there pretty comparable, Redux does have more flexibility
on selecting specific file not to back-up, etc.

BUT!!!  The TWO MAIN REASONS I found Redux WORTHLESS compared
to Diskfit:

 1.  When I did an incremental backup with Redux (after about 
     2 days of disk usage)  It asked me FOR EVERY SINGLE DISK
     except for about 4-5 out of my 60 disk backup set !!!!
     It had to update folder info on all these disks, which
     just took a second, but it VERY ANNOYING to have to pull
     out and insert all those disks!.  Diskfit never
     performed this bad.
 
 2.  Diskfit keeps it's back-up in Finder compatible format.
     Quite nice.

I'm staying with Diskfit.  It's simple and it works extremely
well.

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