Re: Backup sofftware for small networks

jay wrote:
I have a peer-to-peer network of five workstations and one serves as a server for a database. All are on Windows XP Pro. The total amount of data on the network is less than 20 GB.

I just bought a 320 GB Western Digital external hard drive to begin a backup system of data. I am perplexed as to what software to buy. My experience with backup software always leaves be numb due to the use of catalogs and compressed files. Is there not a software package that is self-contained and does not require a secondary file? I guess I've alsays like the concept of PKZip at this point. I find restore procedures not user friendly.

But PKZip is not for network backups and I know this. I need a reliable software package that will do the job and is user friendly. I am the only tecnically oriented person in the office and othes may need to access the backups to restore missing data without me there.

Can anyone reccommend a software package to meet these needs?

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