Retrospect 8 Single Server
Designed for small and midsize businesses, branch offices, and departments in large organizations protecting one server, Retrospect Single Server runs on a Mac OS X or Mac OS X server and protects networked Mac, Windows, and Linux desktops and notebooks. A server client license can be purchased to protect an additional networked Mac, Windows, or Linux server.

Retrospect 8 backup and recovery software for the Mac provides small and midsize businesses with the reliability, ease of use, power, and flexibility they need to protect critical data on their Macs and Windows PCs. Retrospect includes a state-of-the-art Mac user interface and enterprise-level features—including remote management of one or more backup servers and disk-to-disk-to-tape backups— at a fraction of the cost of other products. With more than two decades of field-tested expertise and millions of users worldwide, Retrospect is the most trusted name in Mac backup.

Easy and Automatic
Retrospect provides Mac users with an easy-to-use application that automates the backup process for networked computers in small office/home offices, small and midsize businesses, branch offices, and departments in large organizations.

• Retrospect is simple to use.
• Makes a complete and reliable backup strategy easy.
• Works in a mixed Macintosh/ Windows environment.

Powerful and Flexible
Retrospect provides enterprise-level features and performance that small and midsize businesses need, without requiring dedicated IT staff to manage backup and recovery.

• Retrospect is packed with features that business and network users require for protecting critical data.

• Media management benefits make media rotation easy.

Reliable and Secure
With more than two decades of proven reliability for millions of users, Retrospect is the backup software that small and midsize businesses trust to protect their valuable information against costly data loss.

• Retrospect saves a complete point-in-time file listing with every backup, and then verifies the data copied during the backup process—ensuring an accurate restore every time.

• Government-certified encryption means backups are always secure.

New, customizable user interface
The Retrospect 8 user interface is laid out similarly to iTunes and Apple’s Server Admin tool, making it immediately familiar and easy to navigate.

Powerful new engine
Retrospect 8 performs up to eight simultaneous backup, restore, and copy operations.

Improved network backup performance
Copying speeds of as much as three-times faster than Retrospect 8.1

Backup-to-disk
features Includes support for local and network hard disks, combining multiple volumes into a single destination, adjustable storage usage limitations, and disk grooming to remove out-of-date backup data and free up space.

64-bit support
Supports 64-bit operating systems.

True disk-based backup staging
Archive critical point-in-time backups to portable media or tape at your convenience

Simultaneous streaming of data
Retrospect 8 streams data to multiple disk or tape storage systems at the same time.

Improved tape library management
Barcode tracking and automatic tape drive cleaning make tape library management easy.

Custom reporting
Powerful reporting, including sources not backed up in n days, available/used media set capacity, performance data, and much more, keeps you informed and in control.

Better email notification
Notifies you of completed operations, media requests, and warnings.

Backup Data Encryption
Government certified AES-256 encryption of backup data offers added security.

Advanced network client support Supports
multiple network interfaces and reduces overall energy consumption with wake-on-LAN feature that wakes sleeping computers for backup.

Backs up Windows Server 2003/2008 and Windows XP/Vista client
Includes those running within VMware Fusion and Parallels, with system state preservation and backup of open files.

System Requirements

Macintosh computers that run Retrospect:

Retrospect 8 console (manages the engine)

– Intel or Power PC G4 or G5 processor
– Mac OS X 10.5.5 or later
– At least 1 GB RAM
– 50 MB hard disk space
– The Retrospect console need not be installed on the same Mac as the Retrospect engine.

Retrospect 8 engine (Recommended configuration)(performs the backups and restores)

– Intel Core Duo or better processor
– Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later
– At least 2 GB RAM
– 10-15 GB of hard disk space for each concurrent activity (backup, restore, etc.)
– Storage for backups

Retrospect 8 engine (Minimum requirements)(performs the backups and restores)

– Intel processor, Power PC G5 processor, or dual Power PC G4 processors running at 867 MHz or faster
– Mac OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.5 or later
– At least 2 GB RAM
– 10-15 GB of hard disk space for each concurrent activity (backup, restore, etc.)
– Storage for backups

Mac OS X Clients

– PowerPC G3, G4, or G5, or any Intel processor
– Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 10.3.9, 10.4.11, or 10.5.5 or later
– RAM that meets Apple's guidelines for each OS.
– Note: Backing up Mac OS X Server clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or Retrospect Single Server with available Server Client Licenses. Wake-on-LAN feature requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher.

Windows Clients

– Pentium processor or later
– Windows 2000, XP, or Vista; Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 or 2008
– RAM that meets Microsoft's guidelines for each OS.
– Note: Backing up Windows Server clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or Retrospect Single Server with available Server Client Licenses.

Linux Clients

– x86-based system running Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Professional, SUSE Linux Standard Server, or SUSE Enterprise Server operating system.
– glibc version 2 or later
– Note: In order to use the graphical user interface (GUI) to change options and preferences, Java version 1.2 or later is also required.

Storage Devices

– Retrospect supports a wide variety of storage devices as the destination for backups, including hard drives (both direct- and network-attached), tape drives and libraries (connected via FireWire, SCSI, iSCSI, Fibre Channel), and removable disk drives. See the Retrospect Support Web site for a complete list of supported tape drives and libraries.