MWSF: Retrospect 8 to arrive this week
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 5, 2009 at 5:03pm
EMC Retrospect 8.0 will debut this week. The new version of the back-up software is built for the needs of small and midsize businesses with Macs or a mixture of Mac, Windows, and even Linux systems that they need to protect.
Retrospect 8.0 manages backups for the entire network and pulls all the data to centralized storage. Its Smart Incremental backups are designed to save time and storage space by only copying unique files from each computer, so if 10 people in the office have the same 300MB disk image file on their Macs, Retrospect only needs to copy it once. Retrospect 8.0 can also transfer backups to disk or tape for offsite backups and archiving, and as with previous versions, offsite media can be brought current with a single Smart Incremental backup. EMC.
Retrospect 8.0 is also designed for a home network with Macs and Windows PCs, or for individuals want to back up their virtual Windows systems running in VMware Fusion or Parallels, since Retrospect 8.0 Desktop 3-User includes two Retrospect Client licenses for backing up other Macs or Windows PCs across a network or even running locally in a VM. Some of EMC Retrospect 8.0’s other features are enterprise-level—such as remote management and public/private key authentication for network clients.
Retrospect 8.0 Desktop 3-User cost US$129 for new users and a $59 upgrade from the Desktop edition. It’s designed to protect a single, non-server Mac and up to two additional networked Mac, Linux, or Windows desktops and laptops; additional desktop/laptop client licenses and support and maintenance will be available separately .
Retrospect 8.0 Single Server are $809 new and a $539 upgrade from Workgroup edition It’s designed to protect a single Mac OS X Server and an unlimited number of networked Mac, Linux, and Windows desktops and laptops. It includes one-year support and maintenance; additional server client licenses will be available separately Retrospect 8.0 Multi Server is $1,669 and a $939 upgrade from Server edition. It’s designed to protect an unlimited number of networked Mac, Linux, and Windows servers, desktops, and laptops; it includes one-year support and maintenance.
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Dennis Sellers
Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
