This has been mentioned on the list before. we use it and are happy with
it. Backupc is opensource at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
and handles 40-50 desktops and laptops for us. Users can restore their
own files. It works for modern macs, linux and windows (with smbclient).
It does not backup the windows OS but does do files. It also tries to do
single instance store with links to keep the file size down.Our store is
around 800GB but we have scientist users with lots of stuff on their
local machines.

On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 10:06 -0600, Rohrich, James wrote:
> Is anyone aware of some good desktop backup software that they would
> recommend which is cheap or free.
> 
> Legato (aka NetWorker) had one at one time, not sure if that was carried
> over by EMC, but I thought they had dropped it.
> 
> James Rohrich
>  
> Enterprise Data Architect
> IT Planning
> UOP LLC
> 25 E. Algonquin Rd.
> Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
> Tel: (847) 391-3958
> james.rohrich AT uop DOT com
> WWW.UOP.COM
>  
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