best back up software?

[Timmay]

What would people recommend - its to back up files from several comps onto an external hard drive connected to my computer

 

[Daz]

Symantec BackupExec on the main PC with remote Windows Agent on each PC is probably the "best".

Looking at £120 per PC and like £300 for BackupExec though

Depends what level you need?

 

[McBunny]

Symantec BackupExec on the main PC with remote Windows Agent on each PC is probably the "best".

Looking at £120 per PC and like £300 for BackupExec though

Depends what level you need?

thats cheap my arcserve costs alot more

 

[Timmay]

doubt my boss would fork out for that!

anything thats dirt cheap that prob wont work? just need to get my boss of my back

 

[Daz]

Symantec BackupExec on the main PC with remote Windows Agent on each PC is probably the "best".

Looking at £120 per PC and like £300 for BackupExec though

Depends what level you need?

thats cheap my arcserve costs alot more

Arcserve isn't that expensive is it?
I use Arcserve quite a bit (I prefer it actually), but I thought of BckupExec as I know it does backup to folder etc really well.

Also, if you get the desktop/laptop option, the remote PCs can login and back themselves up pretty easily.. which is a very cool feature for many.

 

[McBunny]

tbh i cant remember how much my arcserve stuff cost but i was needing open file agents and exchange premium options as well as all the other guff but im sure the base product was 800 ish but i could be wrong

 

[Rasclart]

If you want CHEAP as In free then, NTBackup scheduled to run on each computer. Set your External Hard Drive as shared. Map the said Hard drive to each machine and that would do.

Although Ntbackup isnt great buts its free

 

[Daz]

tbh i cant remember how much my arcserve stuff cost but i was needing open file agents and exchange premium options as well as all the other guff but im sure the base product was 800 ish but i could be wrong

Base is £250/£300. The options can be anything like £400/£500 each for Exchange, SQL etc.

 

[McBunny]

i will have to dig out my purchase order im intrested now

 

[McBunny]

arcserve with 3 year maint 572.47

arcserve exchange premium 1178.60

that was on 08/12/2006

 

[Daz]

arcserve with 3 year maint 572.47

arcserve exchange premium 1178.60

that was on 08/12/2006

Yea, the 3year maint did ya on that one

 

[McBunny]

yeah but tbh the maint is worth it even if i never have to use it lol its there just incase

 

[@Spoonie]

As rasclart already posted but I was too lazy to read the whole thread:

Use built in NTBACKUP, set a scheduled job on each PC to backup the files requested to a BKF file locally. Then later in the evening schedule a copy batch to pickup the BKF's from each machine and dump them on you external disk. Cost = £0.00

That is assuming you don't have many PC's Also might be worth looking to move the files from PC's. Might be better to chuck them all on a central server and share them.

 

[Rasclart]

Yeah I didnt allready post this

 

[@Spoonie]

Yeah I didnt allready post this

lol, i really should read the whole thread, sorry...

 

[Timmay]

think ill try that then - thanks guys