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Information for Retrospect® Users
TOLIS Group is committed to the support of Mac OS X. Since Apple first asked us to supply a "headless" Xserve
backup solution in early 2003, to the number of Mac OS X related solutions we provide today going into
tomorrow; you can continue to rely upon TOLIS Group to provide Macintosh "Backup You Can Trust."
See: TOLIS "Behind the Scenes."
The following information provides a glimpse into just some of the advantages of implementing BRU technology
to provide native Macintosh network backup and restore services. One important BRU demo evaluation point
is also referenced that must be taken into account when switching from other products.
- You can use the backup system to do productive work while BRU is running - only
8% - 20% of system resources are used during backup/restore operations on average.
- BRU
Server archives are fully compatible with all BRU archives, even those dating back to
1988.
- BRU Server backs-up client systems simultaneously, and without dangerously interleaving
their data.
- BRU Server does not implement single instance backup because if one file is
lost it endangers the integrity and usability all systems that use that file.
- BRU Server
backups start instantly in contrast to unnecessary scans that can take hours to evaluate
hundreds of gigabytes for single instance files before a backup can even begin.
- Following
the first full backup of a client system, each incremental backup can be done even without
the user's awareness.
- Throughput rates writing to a disk stage at 150MB/sec (527GB/Hour)
have been seen.
- BRU Server Mac OS X tapes can be restored to, and from, every BRU Server
supported platform.
- BRU Server supports client-side user defined and initiated
backups and restores.
- BRU Server encryption is asymmetric, and doesn't cipher block chain to assure
the greatest security.
- Easily understood and clearly defined e-mail reports document successful
operation and issues should they arise - you will always know the status of your backup.
- BRU
delivers unparalleled backup & restore reliability. It is the only backup tool
that can recover from a read error during a restore instead of aborting, whether restoring
from disk stage or tape.
- Verification of backups can be without continued access to the
original data that virtually halves the backup window and can be done immediately after
the backup, even years later.
- BRU Server supports PowerPC and Intel-based systems.
- BRU Server's logical-flow graphical
interface may be run from the BRU Server system or any other Mac OS X system, and BRU
Server is fully scriptable from the command line to customize backup operations to the
organization's need.
- Comprehensive support of client system OS's, including Windows(r),
as well as live-database backup support.
- Engineering-level technical support that is uncharacteristically
expert in the world of software, and backup specifically, is provided.
- bruCLONE™ is
available to perform disaster recovery on desktop Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, or Linux systems.
- Mac OS X is a Unix-core
OS, and BRU is expert at backing-up Unix systems since 1985.
Evaluating BRU
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