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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
There are many editions—the professional edition would be adequate for most small
photographic studios, whereas the workgroup and server editions are available for larger
organizations. There is even a home edition, with much-reduced functionality.
Comments
EMC Retrospect gives you excellent protection against system failure, enabling you to
get back up and running in about five minutes. Although the product range is extremely
extensive, from home users all the way up to the enterprise, it works best in the category
known to the trade as SMB (small to mid-sized businesses). This is where it has its
primary market and where it has won awards. It was voted best in this category in the
Storage magazine “Quality Awards” in 2005, according to SearchStorage.com.
Among the most useful features in EMC Retrospect is the way it deletes old backup
data, a process called “pruning.” It is reassuringly stable, works efficiently in Disaster
Recovery (DR) mode, and can be left safely to run unattended in its normal backup
mode. Retrospect Professional comes with two client licenses, but additional licenses
can be purchased as add-ons to protect client machines on the network.
Version: Windows v.7.5, Mac v.6.1 (2008)
OS: Windows Servers NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, XP 32/64, and Vista 32; Mac OS 9; Mac OS X
10.1.5 to 10.4, or OS X Server 10.1.5 to OS X Server 10.4
RAM: 256MB (512MB recommended)
Supported file formats: N/A
Price level: Express, for home use $30, Retrospect Professional, with two client licenses $120,
Retrospect Single Server $680, many other editions; see vendor
Address: EMC Corporation
www.emcinsignia.com
Silverkeeper
Vendor: LaCie
Purpose: Free Macintosh backup utility used by many photographers
Description
Silverkeeper is a free and fairly basic Macintosh backup utility favored by many photographers.
It allows you to make a bootable backup to any removable storage device
using a FireWire, USB, IDE, ATA, or SCSI interface. It was not designed originally to
burn DVDs, although this can be done indirectly with another application if you select
folders and do not attempt to back up over multiple disks. It has automatic scheduling.