On Apr 27, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Kevin Keane wrote:
> This depends on your situation, of course, but I found that very  
> often,
> backing up workstations really isn't all that useful. Ideally, they
> don't hold any data (because the data is stored on a server),

Life would be simple if everyone followed rules... ;)  I have tried
the enforcement route for too long, but it just isn't going to happen
so I have to resort to protecting them from themselves.

And we are primarily an OS X shop, both servers and workstations.  I
would love to use "Mobile Home Folders", but since we allow quite a
liberal "personal use" policy of the computers in terms of stored iTunes
and other files, I can't be putting all of that on the server.

So, something like BackupPC or Bacula with adequate restrictions of
file types (mp3, aac and the like) is a nice compromise.

Plus, it's amazing how often someone deletes the wrong file, or makes
some fatal mistake and needs the version of some file from yesterday,
so having a self-serve interface for workstations will be huge.

Steve

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