OT: Tape less Backup System

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 09:23:27PM -0500, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 22 19:46 , Fairlight moved his mouse, rebooted for the 
> change to take effect, and then said:" 
> > With neither thought nor caution, J. P. Radley blurted:
> 
> > > 	BackupEDGE 2.1 Personal License ... for non-commercial use ONLY.
> 
> > > It's $90.00, and with the new ability to ftp the archive to
> > > any storage device on the Network, does not even require a
> > > tape or DVD drive.
> 
> > FTP is pretty passe these days. As much as people complain
> > about telnet vs ssh, I'm surprised the same argument isn't
> > being made about ftp vs scp or even sftp. Same arguments exist.
> 
> But not for BE. The BE 2.1 can run plain ftp or ftps. The ftp
> engine is built into the program. And you can encrypt the network
> link, the archive, or both.
> 
> You probably need to look at the full specs.  It also is designed
> to backup multiple systems to a common NAS device is you wish.

I saw that, and (also without reading the full spec) said "why won't it
support scp?"

Tom?  Does it?

Cheers,
-- jra
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