Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape Backups With Retrospect 7.5 for Windows

EMC Retrospect 7.5 for Windows backup and recovery software can be used with disk storage to provide a fast, highly reliable, easy-to-manage disk-based backup solution. The speed of disk and the convenience of Retrospect is an ideal combination for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) and distributed enterprises protecting networked desktops, notebooks, and servers as well as for larger corporations seeking reliable backups of networked desktops and notebooks. This paper describes how to configure EMC Retrospect backup and recovery software to deliver optimum performance with disk. It recommends best practices for using Retrospect to stream backups to disk and then copy data to tape at a later time for secure offsite storage and archiving.