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"Please thank everyone at TOLIS for making a dependable, super user-friendly application. I once again have confidence in automated backups."

Jonathan Kufahl, Systems Administrator
University of Michigan

Highlights

• Supports Mac OS X desktop systems.
• Universal Binary support for full compatibility on Intel & PPC machines.
• Re-designed Primary interface delivers significantly improved ease-of-use .
• 100% Coverage of all Mac OS X filesystem attributes.
• Complete and proper processing of Access Control Lists (ACL's) and Extended Attributes (EA's) on Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5 systems.
• BRU 17.1 variant 0.1.15 is now used for 10.3.9 to 10.5 systems.
• Improved user interface display compatibility with Leopard systems.
• Performs full, incremental and differential backups.
• Backs up to hard disk archives (D2D).
• Support single tape drives and tape autoloaders with a single drive and up to 10 slots (D2T).
• "QuickBackup" mode allows for fast drag-and-drop backups of files, folders, and volumes.
• Multi-threaded design allows for I/O operations to run at the speed of devices involved.

Summary

BRU LE is an ultra-reliable backup tool designed for standalone Mac OS X desktop systems. The primary interface has been re-designed to deliver a significantly improved ease-of-use, and version 1.3 further enhances the ability of BRU LE to provide robust and reliable data backup and restore functionality that has characterized its operation. Utilizing the same proven BRU I/O engine implemented with BRU Server for Mac OS X, BRU LE tape-based archives are fully compatible with BRU Server

View the BRU LE ReadME file for a full list of improvements and fixes.

Backup Peace-of-Mind

Unix has long been the operating system of choice to provide commercial-strength business support. BRU data backup and recovery technology has established a proven track record in delivering leadership Unix data protection since 1985. BRU LE for Mac OS X is an extension of this heritage.

Seamless, Integrated Support of Mac OS X

BRU LE is designed to support a traditional desktop environment where a user's data does not exceed approximately 100,000 files and is limited to the disk provided with the desktop system or an attached FireWire or USB drive that does not exceed 250GB.  BRU LE is not intended for single system environments that include RAID, Xsan, or other large storage volumes and file counts in the millions.  Our BRU Server Basic Edition product is a cost effective entry-level large capacity backup solution that provides robust support for larger single system environments.

The intuitive interface provides point-and-click operation of BRU's robust functionality

For advanced users, BRU LE for Mac OS X is fully scriptable from the command line to customize operation to the requirements of the business using familiar Unix scripting tools (sh, cron, at, etc.)

Leadership by Design

The core of BRU LE is the venerable BRU I/O engine - designed to accurately and successfully restore data rather than simply back it up. This philosophical design sets BRU solutions apart from other backup tools and has a most profound affect on the recoverability of archived data during a restore.

Unlike other tools, BRU LE for Mac OS X will not abort a restore unless the backup has become physically impossible to read. Any corrupt data experienced during a restore is reported, circumvented, and the restore is continued. Getting your data back when it is most needed is what BRU LE for Mac OS X is all about.

Leadership Performance

BRU LE for Mac OS X is an elegantly designed low resource application. Its small "footprint" and very low overhead supports very high throughput rates.   This means that backup operations can be performed at any time, eliminating the requirement to carefully schedule backups because of their impact on system availability and performance.

BRU LE for Mac OS X is multi-processor and multi-core aware and compatible, and while already exceptionally low in overhead, takes advantage of these processing technologies to even further enhance the backup and restore throughput performance you'll realize.

Flexibility

Because not all user requirements are alike, BRU LE for Mac OS X can also be used from the command line interface to customize operation to the exact requirement of the business.

BRU LE for Mac OS X works with SCSI, Fibre-Channel, USB and FireWire tape drives and SCSI and Fibre Channel-connected single drive tape autoloaders with up to 10 slots. Providing native tape device support, no costly software drivers are needed.

All removable disk technology is also supported including: Magneto-Optical (MO) devices, Zip™, and more. Additionally, BRU LE will back up to disk-based archive files (D2D).