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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (8048)	7/9/1999 4:39:00 PM
From: Spots	Respond to of 14778

Oh, I think I'd probably recommend Backup Exec. I don't have experience with it myself, but you and a number of others recommend it highly enough for me to be going along with. Personally I intend to script my backups, probably with VBScript and Windows Scripting Host, possibly with Perl, conceivably with JavaScript. VBScript would be most efficient for me since I write VB every day, but I like the idea of Perl too (being and old AWK, SED, Borne and c shell feller). I've just started to work with it -- kinda like coming home after being away for 15 years. Anyhow, the idea is to keep backups completely under my own control; feasible because my needs are pretty modest; desirable cause I'm quirky (or hadn't you noticed? <gg>). But that's strictly me. And if I don't script it, I'll probably ante up the 85 bucks and run it all from the network like you. In truth the CD Direct is so painless that manually is almost good enough. Almost doesn't cut it, though, although I've never lost any serious amount of data for lack of a backup. Yeah, I knew PM wouldn't run on NT Server; says so right on the box. Hell, it won't run right for me anywhere, so whatsa big deal? <gg> Must get back to that one of these days ... Spots PS. Ordered the Hawking Tech switch. Claims to have full 100mb bandwidth on all 8 ports.