On Fri, 1 Sep 1995 13:38:57 EST Wayne T. Smith said:
>Susan said..
>> Can someone give me a little more detail on how I could set up users to
>> DIAL into our network so they could initiate ADSM backups.
>> ...
>
>Not only would it be a poor performer, your help-desk will hate you.
>SLIP and all the parts that make up the communication link are not
>reliable enough, nor is the Mac nor Windows ADSM client (V1)
>interruptable enough to keep your users happy ... even if they and you
>will put up with a couple of days to do the first backup (if you assume
>(wrongly) that it will work without problem).
>
>All that said, I back up my 0.5 gig of data at home via slip and a 14.4
>modem via a local tape drive and also via ... ADSM.
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I also use SLIP to backup my home workstation.  The important thing is
I also use SLIP to backup my home workstation.  The important thing is
to communicate to the users realistic expectations.  Anyone who has used
a product such as Mosaic over a 14.4 modem understands realistic
expectations.

Yes, I have some failures of SLIP, but I really don't notice them because
I use the scheduled dump facility which retries on failures. I have
arranged to have my ADSM scheduled window while I am getting my children
ready for school, so I feel no impact from the long dump whatsoever.

I would rather have a few failures and long dumps which don't affect
my personal time than to have no backups and worry, or to spend a lot
of time on floppy disk handling and management (or even tape
management, if I had a tape drive.)  Plus ADSM automatically gets
the backup out of my house.

                                         Richard A. Peters