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Retrospect, Inc
Retrospect is the most trusted name in Mac backup and recovery, with more than two decades of field-tested expertise - protecting Macs and Windows PCs and servers worldwide from data loss due to user error, computer failure or site-wide disasters such as fire, theft or flood.
Features:
Features:
- Protect servers, business-critical applications, desktops and notebooks with a single, easy to use product.
- Manage multiple backup servers remotely from a single screen, easing management for larger installations.
- New! Back up to and
What's New
Version 11.0.0.194:
Engine
- [New] Block level incremental backup - See details
- [Fixed] Fix engine assertion errors (netcotop.cpp-427, soccon.cpp-491) during network backup (#4018)
- [Fixed] Fix engine assertion error when connected with Retrospect Touch for iOS (#2703)
- [Fixed] Copy script to Mac volume didn't reliably set destination folder's creation and modification dates (#4240)
- [New] Enhanced email reporting with logs included for easy filtering
- [New] Option to send e-mail on server startup or shutdown
- [Improved] Consolidate emails into one email per backup source for Proactive script and one email per script for other script types
- [Improved] Send email notification for each repeated script execution, while still limiting emails for certain warnings to once a day
- [Fixed] Disabling the "Send e-mail for failure and media requests" option now automatically disable other e-mail options (#4237)
- [New] High-level dashboard
- [Fixed] Fix several intermittent cases of Past Backups not refreshing (#3719)
- [Improved] Allow manually changing order of backup sources in scripts
- [Fixed] Correctly display server-specific changes (e.g. in Scripts) when connected to multiple servers (#3943)
- [Fixed] Fix Copy Backup script's drop down from reverting to "Copy most recent backups for each source" when reopening console (#4115)
- [Improved] Add new Path column for Backup script under Sources, in case there are different Favorites with the same name (#3843)
- [Fixed] Allow sorting of media sets that are in Busy state (#1176)
- [Fixed] Disable Run button when script is modified but not saved (#4173)
- [Fixed] Clarify error messages for incorrect licenses (#2860)
- [Fixed] Disable Add/Edit Member buttons for locked sets (#3169)
- [Fixed] Local favorite folders now include volume name (#3640)
- [Fixed] Days of the week corrected in German, French, Italian in Scripts > Schedule (#3990)
- [Improved] Installer for server and client list version
- [Improved] Console displays "Upgrade local server" when older local server present
- [Improved] Console auto-selects first syncing server
- [Improved] ASM licenses accepted in License Manager
- Engine: under some circumstances log shows negative file count for block level incremental backup, even though files are correctly backed up and are restorable (#4508).
- Engine: restoring the 32nd block level incremental backup of a large file fails if it is unchanged since the prior (31st) backup (#4499). Workaround: restore from the 31st backup.
- Engine: if a backup contains no new/modified files and the backup is transferred, restoring that backup from the transfer destination backup set fails (#4357). Workaround: restore from the source backup set or from prior backup.
- Console: Past Backups view show removed backups (#4476). Workaround: restart console.
- Console: Past Backups view does not show retrieved backups (#4512). Workaround: restart console.
- Console: Dashboard doesn't show all recent backups unless media sets have grooming enabled. Workaround: retrieve relevant backups or enable media set grooming.
- Console: Dashboard information not accurate on OS X 10.9 on Japanese under certain circumstances (#4368). Workaround: switch to 24-hour time.
- Console: Dashboard intermittently shows OK button (#4431). Workaround: restart console.
Version 11.0.0.194:
Engine
- [New] Block level incremental backup - See details
- [Fixed] Fix engine assertion errors (netcotop.cpp-427, soccon.cpp-491) during network backup (#4018)
- [Fixed] Fix engine assertion error when connected with Retrospect Touch for iOS (#2703)
- [Fixed] Copy script to Mac volume didn't reliably set destination folder's more...
Requirements
Intel, OS X 10.6.8 or later
Intel, OS X 10.6.8 or later
Retrospect User Discussion (Write a Review)
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Retrospect is the most trusted name in Mac backup and recovery, with more than two decades of field-tested expertise - protecting Macs and Windows PCs and servers worldwide from data loss due to user error, computer failure or site-wide disasters such as fire, theft or flood.
Features:
Features:
- Protect servers, business-critical applications, desktops and notebooks with a single, easy to use product.
- Manage multiple backup servers remotely from a single screen, easing management for larger installations.
- New! Back up to and restore from offsite cloud storage. Use powerful filtering rules to allow complete local backups, while ensuring only critical data gets copied to the cloud.
- Back up Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, and NetWare computers with a Mac host computer.
- Ensure the security of your data with the highest level of government standard 128- or 256-bit AES encryption and new enhanced link encryption technology.
- Monitor backups on-the-fly with free iPhone app and new Growl notifications.
Editions:
Retrospect 10 Multi Server ($1,669.00)
Protects any number of networked Windows, Mac, and Linux servers, desktops, and notebooks from a single host computer running Retrospect. Supports disk and tape storage devices.
Retrospect 10 Single Server Unlimited Clients ($809.00)
Protects one server and any number of networked Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops and notebooks from a single host computer running Retrospect. Additional server client licenses can be purchased to protect more networked Windows, Mac, or Linux servers. Supports disk and tape storage devices.
Retrospect 10 Single Server 20 Clients ($479.00 for basic product, $609.00 with annual support and maintenance)
PProtects one server and up to 20 networked Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops and notebooks from a single host computer running Retrospect. Additional Retrospect Client and server client licenses can be purchased to protect more systems. Supports disk and tape storage devices.
Retrospect 10 Desktop 5-Client ($129.00 for base product, $249.00 with annual support and maintenance)
Protects a single non-server Mac and up to five additional Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops and notebooks.
jol9904 reviewed on 05 Mar 2014
For those looking for an alternative, I chose bacula.org :
- designed for tape backup but usable with files/disks
- client available for linux/macos/windows (macport client available)
- server available for linux/macos , reported to work on windows
- free and open-source
- very customizable but hard to configure
- once properly configured, forget it and use the web ui for restorations / unscheduled backups
- fast incrementals, reasonable fulls, fast restores (using disks)
- commercial version available with some plugins like incremental vmware/outlook/database backups etc. (i don't use it)
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signalprocessor reviewed on 07 Jan 2014
After four days with it, here's what I can say about it:
- Holy hell
- The client's "instant scan" feature takes 50% CPU, constantly, for four days continuously, and had to be disabled via the command line
- The client chewed up almost 1GB of memory
- Clients that weren't added to a backup set reported they were backed up successfully even if they never were- not even a byte
- De-duplication doesn't work at all. I had two clients with 200GB of the same iPhoto folder. Both clients using the same Media Set, the images were copied twice. (Actually, the resulting backup was about 1.5x the size of both clients)
- Even though many clients were on the same network segment, Retrospect could only locate some of them. The rest had to be added manually
- Just the scan before a backup starts took over 2 hours per client- this is before any data is even copied!
- It's expensive. Good software is worth the money- especially for something critical like backup. Unfortunately, it's not remotely worth it.
I hate leaving negative reviews, but Retrospect stinks of abandon-ware, likely on life support until it can be sold to yet another company or put to bed for good.
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Engine unreliable and we can't fix it. Console finicky and unresponsive to medication.
Workaround: Use something else to backup your data.
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Jweisbin reviewed on 12 Jul 2013
Current version 10.2:
email notifications still broken
randomly loses ability to connect to clients
media sets say they are "in use" when they are not
RetroISA uses more than 100% if CPU and has to be disabled via command line on clients (no other way)
randomly, some folders get backed up multiple times with no de-duplication, which runs quickly through tapes
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But I havea client asking if it's worth a look. I won't waste my time with it, hoping someone else has.
Don
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CFrag reviewed on 24 Jul 2012
Ugh. It seems Retrospect has not aged well. Or rather, it has not progressed much from when I used it. It may be that Retrospect is not aimed at small businesses. Or that the kind of backups I use now is not within Retrospect's core solution (for example, I have no high security requirements for my backups).
In any event, it seems that I get better results (i.e. not having to mess with proprietary archive formats) using a combination of Time Machine, and simple mirroring to a remote RAID. YMMV.
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this software may be back to being great again, but they lost me many years back. there's yet another thing for #1 companies to learn: once you lose somebody he might not ever look back.
for old time's sake, i wish they reclaim their former glory.
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Look at them seriously again.
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Islandmacman reviewed on 23 Apr 2012
It works ok - the issue I sometimes see is a freeze during restores. A force quit and relaunch resolves it, but it just seems flaky at times.
With all the force quitting I've been doing, the app never lost settings or users. Is that a good thing? lol
But when it works, it works well. Not bad for the money.
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Islandmacman reviewed on 21 Nov 2011
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I tried everything to no avail and then I figured it out.
If you have an Intel Mac and this sounds familiar go to library/preferences/retrospect and remove all the files named devicexx.rdi. I had 15 of them. Put in the latest driver update and then restart.
As soon as I did that Shazam it works like a charm and I am back in business.
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According to the Dantz website, I have the latest versions. Is this not compatible with OS 10.4.4? I can't seemd to find any solutions.
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Chuckwagen rated on 23 May 2012