>In a message dated 6/25/02 5:11:46 AM, futurebasic-digest-help@...
>writes:
>
><< t works for me without
>all that thinking. Besides, the last really good backup, IMHO, was
>DiskFit and no one makes it anymore. >>
>
>Hence the programming opportunity!
>
>Bruce Moore

Well... they don't make it anymore -- which probably is probably due 
to loss of sales OR decreased expectations of ROI.

There is a general back-up philosophy that everything should be 
backed up, like what Retrospect does. So, the users of Retrospect, 
and the like, continue to make ever increasing back-ups. First backup 
A, and then backup B (A + B), and then backup C (A + B + C) and so 
on. Each backup adds another entire back-up of the data that was 
present that day/week/month/whatever to the backup data set.

DiskFit, on the other hand, backed up only what was changed. So, one 
could keep the same back-up medium set and it's size (number of 
mediums) only changed when you added something. A DiskFit backup 
restore would restore your computer to what it was when last you 
backed up. While Retrospect could restore your computer to what it 
was since you first started doing backups and everything in between. 
Redundancy way beyond my needs.

tedd
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