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.

  • BRU Servers' extremely low overhead allows fast, multiple, simultaneous streams of data to be written with little or no impact on the performance of the server system, allowing you to finally realize the maximum performance that your hardware can deliver.
  • 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.
  • Recovering a single file or an entire crashed system is fast & easy.
  • BRU Server backs-up client systems simultaneously, and without interleaving their data.
  • Following the first full backup of a client system, each incremental backup can be done without the user's awareness.
  • 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 the highest level of tape device support including the diagnosis of impending device failure and recommended action.
  • 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 which dramatically shortens the backup window. This verification can be done immediately after the backup, even years later.
  • If you are used to using "selectors" for defining file exclusions, take a look at BRU Server's user defined bruxpat information.
  • BRU Server supports PowerPC and Intel-based systems
  • Client licensing model does not differentiate between high end server or desktop 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®, 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 systems
  • Mac OS X is a Unix-core OS, and BRU is expert at backing-up Unix systems since 1985

Evaluating BRU

  • Should you plan to evaluate BRU on a system that contains, or has contained, Retrospect®, please first read Mac OS X  Tech Tip on evaluating BRU.