On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Bzzzz <lazyvirus AT gmx DOT com> wrote:
>
> @GW Haywood: this would be limited to executive people that usually know
> what they're doing and are the only ones that are working on not-to-lose
> docs ie: big spreadsheets  - the idea is to entirely pull off any admin
> from the restoration process, which isn't the case w/ snapshots.

The quick fix here is to use a Mac with an external or network drive
for time machine.  If you aren't familiar with it, it does exactly
what you suggested with easy access for the user and filesystem tricks
for efficiency.  For a more enterprise flavor, NetApp fileservers have
done filesystem snapshots at configurable intervals into hidden but
accessible directories for decades now with next to no overhead, again
with filesystem tricks.  (But their patents are probably what has kept
everyone else from doing it well for so long...).

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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