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Retrospect, Inc. develops backup and recovery software designed to meet the
needs of professionals and small to midsize businesses in need of precise,
reliable restores, and the very best customer support available.
With more than two decades of field-tested expertise, Retrospect Backup & Recovery Software protects 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.
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Retrospect 11 Mac - Complete 3 in 1 Data Protection
Backup & Recovery
Complete, versatile, and
easy-to-manage data protection that automates backups and
provides flexible and flawless restores.
Data Archiving
Easily migrates and consolidates
inactive critical data to long term data retention for business
and government compliance.
Data Duplication
Powerful, cross-platform tool
allows users to clone files in native format for immediate
access from the same or different computer.
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New and
Improved Features in Retrospect for Mac
| Block Level Incremental
Backup |
Retrospect now has the
ability to back up only the parts of a file that have
changed. After an initial full backup, Retrospect
searches out the changed pieces of each large file and
only backs up those blocks, speeding backups and using
far less storage space.
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| High-Level Dashboard |
Retrospect's new
High-level Dashboard provides a high-level view of the
entire state of your backup environment. See at a glance
what backups are running, how much you've backed up in
the last week per day, which computers aren't protected,
the state of your storage, and more.
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| Improved email reporting |
Retrospect includes a
wealth of data about your backups. The operations log is
now included to give you complete insight into each
backup's progress. Filter emails based on errors,
warnings, or other keywords to hone in on issues as soon
as they happen.
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Retrospect
Makes Backups & Restores Easy and Automatic
| Contemporary Mac User
Interface |
Retrospect is laid out
similarly to iTunes, making it immediately familiar and
easy to navigate. |
| Automatic Device
Configuration |
Retrospect recognizes
supported devices automatically and makes them available
for immediate use without the need for manual setup. |
| Protects Everything |
Retrospect runs as a
root user process on the Mac, so it can easily back up
all files on servers, desktops, and notebooks. |
| Runs in Virtual
Environments |
Retrospect Client
software can be used to natively back up Mac, Windows,
or Linux machines running in virtualization under VMware
Fusion or Parallels. |
| Backup, Restore, and
Copy Assistants |
Retrospect’s assistants
make it easy to perform the most common manual and
scheduled operations. |
| Proactive Backup |
Need to protect laptops
that come and go from the network? Retrospect’s
Proactive Backup feature watches for computers and
automatically backs them up when they connect to the
network. |
| Back Up and Restore On
Demand |
Retrospect Client
software allows each user to quickly back up important
files or folders and even run their own restores right
from the Desktop. Supports Windows and Mac clients. |
| Automatic Disk Grooming |
You tell Retrospect how
many backups to keep, and it will automatically remove
older backups when it needs more space on disk-based
storage. This technology allows Retrospect to perform
faster, smaller Smart Incremental backups forever. |
| Smart Incremental
Backups |
There’s no need to tell
Retrospect to do a full backup; it intelligently backs
up only the unique files that it doesn’t already have. |
| Automatic File-level
Deduplication |
Retrospect maximizes
storage usage by only copying unique files—even across
multiple computers—to the backup media. |
| Easy Physical Media
Rotation |
Instead of needing to
rely on complex media rotation schemes, such as
Grandfather-Father-Son, Retrospect allows the user to
rotate physical media as they see fit, and it
automatically copies the files needed to keep each
Backup Set complete. |
| Control and Monitor
Retrospect from iOS |
Use the free Retrospect
iOS app on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to keep tabs
on backups over Wi-Fi or 3/4G. |
| Notification Center
Messages |
Using Notification
Center, users can be notified when a backup of their
computer begins and when it’s finished. |
| Private File and Folder
Options |
Users can easily drag
and drop files, folders, and even entire volumes like
flash drives, to mark them private, so they won’t be
copied during a backup. |
| Roll-back Restores (Live
Restores) |
Retrospect is able to
easily roll back a functioning computer to a previous
state. Simply restore over the volume that includes the
running operating system and reboot. |
| Auto-Locates Network
Clients |
When used with a
public/private key, Retrospect will automatically
connect to new client computers on the network and even
back them up without manual intervention. |
| Wake-on-LAN for Green
Backups |
To reduce the overall
power demands for backups, Retrospect awakens
sleeping/stand-by mode computers to back them up and
then allows them to return to their low-power state. |
| Growl Notifications for
Network Backup |
Retrospect employs Growl
notification on pre-Mountain Lion Macs protected by the
Retrospect Client software to notify users when a backup
has completed. |
| Automatic Software
Updates |
Retrospect will
periodically check for software and device driver
updates and notify the user when updates are available
for download. |
Retrospect is Powerful and Flexible
| Backs Up Mac, Windows,
and Linux |
Heterogeneous networks
are protected using Retrospect’s native client software,
ensuring perfect backups regardless of operating system. |
| Complete Windows Backups
and Restores |
Retrospect for Mac
employs native Windows backup client software for
complete backups that include system state and even open
files on desktops and laptops. |
| Flexible Backup to Local
and Network Disk |
Retrospect can make use
of multiple hard disk destinations, whether grouped
together or used independently; connected directly via
Thunderbolt, USB, FireWire, or eSATA; or when networked
using Ethernet, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel. |
| Uses Disk, Removable,
Cloud, and Tape |
Retrospect supports most
types of magnetic media for backup, including hard disk
drives, network-attached disk, WebDAV-accessible cloud
storage, flash media, and every major tape format. |
| Support for Cloud
Storage |
Third-party WebDAV
agents allow Retrospect to back up from or to offsite
cloud storage. Powerful filtering rules within
Retrospect can be employed to ensure that only critical
data is copied to the cloud. |
| Disk-to-Disk-to-Disk
(D2D2D) Backups |
Retrospect can transfer
specific or all backups between Backup Set destinations,
making it trivial to back up nightly to network-attached
storage and then transfer just the most recent nightly
backups to a portable hard disk for safe, offsite
storage. |
| Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape
(D2D2T) Backups |
Retrospect can stage
backups to disk before transferring them to tape,
ensuring that the fastest possible throughput is
achieved at each stage. Disk-based backups can also be
copied to tape for safe, offsite storage or archiving. |
| Advanced Tape Support
(add-on) |
This add-on allows
Retrospect to stream backups to multiple tape drives at
the same time, whether installed in a single library or
standalone. |
| Support for Mavericks |
Retrospect supports Mac
OS X “Mavericks” and takes full advantage of 64-bit
Intel processors for the best performance on the latest
hardware. |
| Flexible Scheduling |
Backup, copy, archive,
and restore operations in Retrospect can be scheduled to
meet any agenda. |
| Creates Bootable Copies |
The copy feature in
Retrospect can make a bootable clone of any volume, and
it can keep the clone updated with its Smart Incremental
technology, which takes far less time than a new copy. |
| Powerful Search
Capabilities |
Retrospect can locate
files not only by name and location, but also by a
multitude of other criteria, including modification
date, Finder label, size, and even security permissions. |
| Powerful Filtering |
To include or skip
specific files, folders, and volumes, or to back up only
specific data to cloud storage, Retrospect includes both
built-in and user-definable selectors that filter data
based on a multitude of conditions, including file
names, dates, and types. |
| Space-saving Data
Compression |
Built-in data
compression routines and support for hardware-based
compression present in tape drives comes into use after
Retrospect performs its file-based deduplication,
further reducing backup storage requirements. |
| Faster Backup Speeds
with Instant Scan |
Retrospect Clients
already know what files have been added or changed
before the backup server even connects, cutting average
nightly backup times in half. The same technology is
also used on the backup server. |
| Performs Multiple Tasks
Simultaneously |
Need to run a restore
without interrupting ongoing backups? Need to back up
multiple laptops at the same time? Retrospect server
editions perform up to 16 simultaneous operations. |
| Support for Multiple
Network Interfaces |
Retrospect can take
advantage of multiple network interface cards to improve
performance and to prevent traffic from crossing
subnets. |
| Remote Management of
Multiple Backup Servers |
Log in multiple
Retrospect servers and control them from a single
screen, easing management for larger installations. |
| Custom Reporting |
Retrospect uses
condition-based reporting, like the Find command in Mac
OS X, to provide details on activities, sources,
performance, media capacity, and much more. Built-in
reports are easily duplicated and modified. |
Retrospect
is Built for Reliability and Security
| Administrator Feature
Control |
The backup administrator
can control access to end-user features like marking
private files, running an on-demand restore, or stopping
a backup that’s in progress. |
| Network Link Encryption |
Retrospect will
optionally encrypt communications between network
clients and the backup server using strong AES-256
encryption to prevent network snooping of private
information. Now supports strong encryption for Windows
and Mac clients. |
| Precise Restores Every
Time |
Because it saves a
complete point-in-time file listing of every backup,
Retrospect always restores exactly the files that belong
on a volume; no unwanted files get restored and later
require cleanup. |
| Apple Developer
ID-signed |
Retrospect’s installers
and applications are digitally signed with an Apple
Developer ID, providing integration with Mountain Lion’s
new Gatekeeper security feature. |
| Multiple Media Sets for
Offsite and Archival Storage |
Retrospect employs
multiple storage destinations—called Media Sets—and
tracks each independently to provide for easy offsite
storage and maximize restore reliability. |
| Industry-leading Data
Verification |
When verifying data
copied during the backup process, Retrospect actually
employs the restore routines in the software to do a
byte-by-byte comparison against the original, verifying
not just the data but the entire restore process.
Verifying the restore process and data together provides
the most reliable method of verification available
anywhere. |
| Anytime Verification |
For tight backup windows
where backups must be as fast as possible, Retrospect
can verify the backup data at a later time by using a
checkpoint method that does not burden the disk
containing the original data. |
| Backup Media Encryption |
Retrospect provides
multiple encryption options for safeguarding backup data
against unwanted access, including government standard
AES-256 encryption. |
| Secure Client Access |
Retrospect Client
software is either password protected or deployed using
a public/private key method for added security. The
proper credentials must be presented to log in and back
up the client machine. |
| S.M.A.R.T. Alert Aware |
The Retrospect Client
software communicates to the backup server when a hard
disk drive begins to fail so it can be backed up
immediately. |
| WORM Tape Compliance
Support |
Retrospect fully
supports write-once, read-many tape media for strict
compliance with various regulations, including
Sarbanes-Oxley. |
| Scheduled Tape Drive
Cleaning |
Retrospect helps
maintain drives in tape autoloaders and libraries by
periodically loading a cleaning tape cartridge. Cleaning
reminders are provided for standalone tape drives. |
| Over Two Decades of
Innovation |
Millions of users rely
on Retrospect to protect their critical information. |
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Compare Retrospect Editions
 Retrospect 11 for
Mac - Multi Server
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.
[New: AMS11R1EC,
Upgrade: AMS11U1EC]
Retrospect 11 for
Mac - Single Server Unlimited Clients
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.
[New: ASU11R1EC,
Upgrade: ASU11U1EC]
Retrospect 11 for
Mac - Single Server 20 Clients
Protects 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.
[New: AS211R1EC,
Upgrade: AS211U1EC]
Retrospect 11 for
Mac - Desktop
Protects a single
non-server Mac and up to five additional Windows,
Mac, and Linux desktops and notebooks.
[New: ADT11R1EC,
Upgrade: ADT11U1EC]
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System Requirements
Retrospect 11 Application*
Supported Operating Systems:
- Mac OS 10.6.8 and later,
including Mavericks
- Mac OS X Server* 10.6.8
and later, including Mavericks Server
* Retrospect Desktop
doesn’t run on Mac OS X Server.
Supported Hardware:
- Intel processor
- 2 GB RAM
- 10-15 GB of temp hard
disk space for each concurrent activity (backup,
restore, etc.)
- Adequate storage for
backups
Recommended Configuration:
- One or more multicore
processors
- At least 4 GB RAM
Retrospect 11 Client for
Intel Macs
- Mac OS X or Mac OS X
Server* 10.6.8 or later, including Mavericks
- Intel processor
- RAM that meets Apple's
guidelines for each OS
* Backing up server OS
clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server
edition with available Server Client Licenses.
Retrospect 6.3 Client for
PowerPC and Intel Macs
- Mac OS X or Mac OS X
Server* 10.3.9, 10.4.11, or 10.5.8
- PowerPC G3, G4, or G5
- RAM that meets Apple's
guidelines for each OS
* Backing up server OS
clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server
edition with available Server Client Licenses.
Retrospect 9 Clients for
Windows
- Microsoft Windows
8/7/Vista/XP
- Microsoft Windows Server
2012/2008/2003*
- Microsoft Windows Server
2012 Essentials*
- Microsoft Windows SBS
2011/2008/2003*
- Microsoft Windows
Storage Server 2008/2003*
- Pentium processor or
later
- RAM that meets
Microsoft's guidelines for each OS
*Backing up server OS
clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or other Server
edition with available Server Client Licenses.
Linux Clients
- x86- or x64-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
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, flash storage, and removable disk
drives (RDX, REV, etc.). See the
Retrospect Device Support Database for a complete list
of supported tape drives and libraries.
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