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| {{other uses|Retrospect (disambiguation)}} | {{other uses|Retrospect (disambiguation)}} | ||
| '''Retrospect''' is a family of software applications that ] computers running the ], ], and ] (and until 2019 ]) ]s. |
'''Retrospect''' is a family of software applications that ] computers running the ], ], and ] (and until 2019 ]) ]s. It uses the ] model.<ref name="KissellTakeControl2.0">{{cite book |last1=Kissell |first1=Joe |title=Take Control of Mac OS X Backups |date=2007 |publisher=TidBITS Electronic Publishing |location=Ithaca, NY |isbn=978-0-9759503-0-2 |edition=Version 2.0 |url=http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~techtool/pages/Take_Control_of_Mac_OS_X_Backups_(2.0).pdf |accessdate=4 May 2019 |ref=Kissell |pages=18-20 ("The Archive", meaning ], including versioning), 24 (client-server), 82-83 (archive file), 126-141 (old Retrospect terminology and GUI—still used in Windows variant), 127 (Archiving operation in Retrospect), 128 (subvolume—later renamed Favorite Folder in Macintosh variant), 130-132 (Duplicate—later renamed Copy in Macintosh variant), 146(versioning), 165 (client-server)}}</ref> | ||
| The product is focused on the ] (SME) market. It performs three types of backup: "A Recycle backup deletes a backup set and adds all files, and a New Media backup creates a new backup set, copying all the files not included. Again this represents all files. Once installed, scripts can also be introduced to enable Scheduled backup using predetermined information supplied by the administrator. This information contains source, destination and other criteria, which enables a backup session to scan and back up one volume at a time, requiring less memory than an immediate backup."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.scmagazine.com/review/retrospect-backup-multi-server/ |title=Retrospect Backup Multi Server Product Review |access-date=2019-09-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| The product is used for ]-scripted<ref name="MacworldRetrospect9" /> backup in ]<ref name="TidBITSMac10">{{cite web |last1=Engst |first1=Adam |title=Retrospect 10 Reduces Backup Time with Instant Scan Technology |url=https://tidbits.com/article/13379 |website=TidBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=25 October 2016 |date=6 November 2012}}</ref>, primarily by small and medium-sized businesses.<ref name="TidBITSMac10" /><ref name="TidBITSEMCSells">{{cite web |last1=Engst |first1=Adam |title=Retrospect Backup Software Acquired by Sonic |url=https://tidbits.com/article/11311 |website=TidBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=12 September 2017 |date=18 June 2010}}</ref> | |||
| The product is used for ]-scripted<ref name="MacworldRetrospect9">{{cite web |last1=Gripman |first1=Stuart |title=Retrospect 9.0: powerful backup for professionals, organizations |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/1166050/retrospect_9_0.html |website=MacWorld |accessdate=3 November 2017 |date=27 March 2012 |at=Setting it up(WebDAV), Scheduling scripts(GUI scripting), Restoring(file-level deduplication, Proactive priorities)}}</ref> backup. | |||
| == History == | == History == | ||
| The software was first developed by Dantz Development Corporation in 1989, initially for the Macintosh platform<ref name=InfoWorldAppleBundlesTapeBackupWithRetrospect>{{cite web |last1=Flynn |first1=Laurie |title=Apple Bundles Tape Backup With Retrospect Software |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525132747/https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wDAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT32&dq=Apple%20Tape%20Backup%2040SC&pg=PT32#v=onepage&q=Apple%20Tape%20Backup%2040SC&f=false |website=InfoWorld |publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. |accessdate=17 February 2019 |archivedate=25 May 2018 |page=33 |date=25 September 1989 |quote=...will bundle Dantz Development Corp.s Retrospect backup and archiving software with the Apple Tape Backup 40SC...}}</ref><ref name="TidBITS1.3Conclusion">{{cite web |last1=Engst |first1=Adam |title=Retrospect Conclusion |url=https://tidbits.com/1991/07/01/retrospect-conclusion/ |website=TidBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=25 August 2019 |date=1 July 1991}}</ref> and continuing later for Windows.<ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Dave |title=Retrospect Backup 16 review: Virtually useless for virtual machines |url=https://www.itpro.co.uk/backup-software/34080/retrospect-backup-16-review-virtually-useless-for-virtual-machines |website=ITPro |publisher=Dennis Publishing |accessdate=28 August 2019 |date=24 July 2019}}</ref> With sales split evenly between the two variants and the Macintosh variant claiming 90% of its market, Dantz Development Corporation was acquired by ] in 2004.<ref name="MacworldHistory">{{cite web |last1=DeLong |first1=Derik |title=Retrospect's long and twisted road |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1166085/retrospects_long_and_twisted_road.html |website=MacWorld |accessdate=4 October 2016 |date=27 March 2012}}</ref> In 2006 version 7.5, the refined first release of the Windows variant under EMC, added ] needed by ].<ref name="AlphrRetrospect7.5">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Dave |title=EMC Retrospect 7.5 review |url=http://www.alphr.com/backup/29747/emc-retrospect-75-review |website=Alphr |publisher=Dennis Publishing |accessdate=4 October 2017 |date=20 April 2006}}</ref> | The software was first developed by Dantz Development Corporation in 1989, initially for the Macintosh platform<ref name=InfoWorldAppleBundlesTapeBackupWithRetrospect>{{cite web |last1=Flynn |first1=Laurie |title=Apple Bundles Tape Backup With Retrospect Software |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525132747/https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wDAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT32&dq=Apple%20Tape%20Backup%2040SC&pg=PT32#v=onepage&q=Apple%20Tape%20Backup%2040SC&f=false |website=InfoWorld |publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. |accessdate=17 February 2019 |archivedate=25 May 2018 |page=33 |date=25 September 1989 |quote=...will bundle Dantz Development Corp.s Retrospect backup and archiving software with the Apple Tape Backup 40SC...}}</ref><ref name="TidBITS1.3Conclusion">{{cite web |last1=Engst |first1=Adam |title=Retrospect Conclusion |url=https://tidbits.com/1991/07/01/retrospect-conclusion/ |website=TidBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=25 August 2019 |date=1 July 1991}}</ref> and continuing later for Windows.<ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Dave |title=Retrospect Backup 16 review: Virtually useless for virtual machines |url=https://www.itpro.co.uk/backup-software/34080/retrospect-backup-16-review-virtually-useless-for-virtual-machines |website=ITPro |publisher=Dennis Publishing |accessdate=28 August 2019 |date=24 July 2019}}</ref> With sales split evenly between the two variants and the Macintosh variant claiming 90% of its market, Dantz Development Corporation was acquired by ] in 2004.<ref name="MacworldHistory">{{cite web |last1=DeLong |first1=Derik |title=Retrospect's long and twisted road |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1166085/retrospects_long_and_twisted_road.html |website=MacWorld |accessdate=4 October 2016 |date=27 March 2012}}</ref> In 2006 version 7.5, the refined first release of the Windows variant under EMC, added ] needed by ].<ref name="AlphrRetrospect7.5">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Dave |title=EMC Retrospect 7.5 review |url=http://www.alphr.com/backup/29747/emc-retrospect-75-review |website=Alphr |publisher=Dennis Publishing |accessdate=4 October 2017 |date=20 April 2006}}</ref> | ||
| Acquisition by EMC, under its Insignia brand, led to the product being briefly mothballed when Insignia was shut down in 2007. |
Acquisition by EMC, under its Insignia brand, led to the product being briefly mothballed when Insignia was shut down in 2007. It was revived in 2008 and transferred to EMC's new acquisition ]. A "premature"<ref name="TidBITSEMCSells">{{cite web |last1=Engst |first1=Adam |title=Retrospect Backup Software Acquired by Sonic |url=https://tidbits.com/article/11311 |website=TidBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=12 September 2017 |date=18 June 2010}}</ref> release of Retrospect 8 in 2009 undermined its market after Apple introduced its competing ] ]. In 2010, Retrospect was sold to ], owned by ], which was then in turn acquired by ]. Rovi decided that it was not a core business, but a team who had worked on the product approached Rovi with the idea of spinning out as a separate company. Retrospect, Inc. was formed by a core team most of whom had worked on the product for ten years or more.<ref name="MacworldHistory" /> Retrospect 9 was introduced in 2012, to positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Retrospect 9.0: powerful backup for professionals, organizations|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/1166050/retrospect_9_0.html}}</ref> | ||
| In June 2019 the holding company StorCentric—which also owns ]—announced that it had acquired Retrospect Inc., which it will operate as an wholly owned independent subsidiary.<ref <ref name="PressReleaseStorCentricAcquiresRetrospectInc.">{{cite web |last1=Gallagher |first1=Emily |title=StorCentric Acquires Retrospect, Inc. to Offer Enhanced Backup and Recovery Software Solutions |url=https://www.retrospect.com/en/press/2019/06/25/retrospect_inc_joins_storcentric_family |website=Retrospect |publisher=Retrospect Inc. |accessdate=24 September 2019 |date=25 June 2019}}</ref> | In June 2019 the holding company StorCentric—which also owns ]—announced that it had acquired Retrospect Inc., which it will operate as an wholly owned independent subsidiary.<ref <ref name="PressReleaseStorCentricAcquiresRetrospectInc.">{{cite web |last1=Gallagher |first1=Emily |title=StorCentric Acquires Retrospect, Inc. to Offer Enhanced Backup and Recovery Software Solutions |url=https://www.retrospect.com/en/press/2019/06/25/retrospect_inc_joins_storcentric_family |website=Retrospect |publisher=Retrospect Inc. |accessdate=24 September 2019 |date=25 June 2019}}</ref> | ||
| == Standard features == | |||
| ; Backup destinations : Termed Media Sets<ref group=note>Termed Backup Sets in the Windows variant; could have been referred to as ]s, except that Retrospect has long used the term Archive to refer to a backup operation that deletes data from a source drive once its backup is complete.</ref>—can be on any of the usual consumer ],<ref name="KissellOnlineAppendixesBackupSoftware">{{cite web |last1=Kissell |first1=Joe |title=Take Control of Backing Up Your Mac: The Online Appendixes |url=https://joeontech.net/extras/buym/ |website=JoeOnTech |publisher=Alt Concepts Inc. |accessdate=26 October 2019 |at=Software for Versioned Backups or Bootable Duplicates(Retrospect Desktop line) |date=22 January 2019 |quote=}}</ref> tapes or WORM tapes<ref name="ApressEnterpriseMacSecurity">{{cite book |author1=Charles Edge |author2=William Barker |author3=Beau Hunter |author4=Gene Sullivan |title=Enterprise Mac Security: Mac OS X Snow Leopard |date=2010 |publisher=Apress |isbn=978-1-4302-2730-4 |pages=521-522 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x3jWs7735WgC&pg=PA521&lpg=PA521&dq=retrospect+backup+WORM+tape&source=bl&ots=JTAlt2rwV6&sig=ACfU3U3hxV8lxjeCIonbs7XfXHARdVSdAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinx7XVw7zkAhUFpFkKHUQPD_E4FBDoATAAegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=retrospect%20backup%20WORM%20tape&f=false |accessdate=6 September 2019}}</ref>—with barcoding<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac">{{cite web |title=EMC Retrospect 8 for Macintosh |url=http://www.ronver.com/emc-insignia/emc-retrospect-8-macintosh |website=Ronver Systems |publisher=Ronver Systems |accessdate=26 October 2019 |date=17 October 2012}}</ref>, or CD/DVD discs.<ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review" /> | |||
| ; Backups : ''May'' use any of the usual consumer facilities and optimizations, <ref name="KissellOnlineAppendixesBackupSoftware" /> be of subvolumes,<ref name="KissellTakeControl2.0" /><ref group=note>To be used, a Subvolume must be ''specifically defined to the Retrospect application'' as a name for a ] folder, and is therefore currently termed a Favorite Folder in the Macintosh variant.</ref> Archive backed-up data by deleting it from a source drive.<ref name="KissellTakeControl2.0" /> | |||
| ; Data sources beyond the usual ]: Email accounts can be backed up—globally deduplicated<ref name="TitBITSMacintosh15.5">{{cite web |last1=Schmitz |first1=Agen |title=Retrospect 15.5 |url=https://tidbits.com/watchlist/retrospect-15-5/ |website=TitBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc |accessdate=28 September 2018 |date=7 September 2018}}</ref>—and restored,<ref name="TitBITSMacintosh15.0">{{cite web |last1=Schmitz |first1=Agen |title=Retrospect 15.0 |url=https://tidbits.com/article/17856 |website=TitBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=22 March 2018 |date=19 March 2018 |quote=the BackupBot artificial intelligence feature}}</ref> or directly migrated and synced,<ref name="TitBITSMacintosh15.1.1">{{cite web |last1=Schmitz |first1=Agen |title=Retrospect 15.1.1 |url=https://tidbits.com/watchlist/retrospect-15-1-1/ |website=TitBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=20 June 2018 |date=28 May 2018}}</ref> for major services supporting ].<ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review" /> ] devices are supported as sources for backup, copy/duplicate, archive, and restore scripts.<ref name="9TO5MacRetrospect14.0">{{cite web |last1=Benjamin |first1=Jeff |title=Retrospect 14.0 backup software for Mac released with Backblaze B2 support |url=https://9to5mac.com/2017/03/07/retrospect-14-0-backblaze-b2/ |website=9TO5Mac |accessdate=17 October 2019 |date=7 March 2017 |quote=I took the Mac app’s beta version for a test spin in order to test out the Backblaze B2 integration, and it worked as expected. ...now features integration with several monitoring services. The systems include Nagios, Slack, and IFTTT. It’s also bundled with Avid and LTFS Production Tool Support for production houses, and supports script hooks for deeper backup integration in complex ecosystems. The new software even allows IT managers to pause databases and other services, and relaunch those services after confirming that a backup is complete.}}</ref> | |||
| ; ] of backups and ]—primarily oriented toward backups to tape : Comparing byte-by-byte or via ]; using saved MD5, can be a separate verification script run outside the scheduled ].<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac" /> Volume-to-volume duplicates in OS format of the latest versions of files can—going beyond what can be done via OS—also be verified.<ref name="KissellTakeControl2.0" /> | |||
| ; Proactive scripts : Are usually left running at times that are ''not'' in the scheduled ], back up computers—frequently but not always mobile—transiently connecting to the network, determining backup priorities<ref name="MacworldRetrospect9" /> by an "AI" algorithm that uses a decision tree supplemented by linear regression.<ref name="TitBITSMacintosh15.0" /> As of 2019 Proactive scripts can use a Storage Group, which is automatically expanded as necessary with a Media Set for each source machine-volume, as a destination—enhancing opportunities for multithreading sources without manual ] bookkeeping.<ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review" /> | |||
| ; ] : ],<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac" />]<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac" /> that may incorporate file exclusion,<ref name="TheBackupBook: DisasterRecovery">{{cite book |author1=Dorian J. Cougias |author2=E. L. Heiberger |author3=Karsten Koop |title=The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center |date=2003 |publisher=SV Books |location=Lecanto FL |isbn=0-9729039-0-9 |pages=322-323, 360 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLviiTag5A0C&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323&dq=Retrospect+%22file+exclusion%22&source=bl&ots=jVwLjjki_K&sig=ACfU3U0sXB_GaLBvaLfxQEvMT1pPTDH4IQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR9v7V5MvkAhVQtlkKHeFpAsgQ6AEwBXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Retrospect%20%22file%20exclusion%22&f=false |accessdate=12 September 2019 |quote=It's nice to be able to say "Please exclude files ...." Of course Retrospect has this ability becaus of their selector process .... Retrospect Open File Backup Agent ....waits and looks for a period of inactivity on each of the volumes. }}</ref><ref name=NoteSelectorsRules group=note>Exclusion and/or inclusion is done with Selectors in the Windows variant; this misleading term has been changed to Rules in the Macintosh variant.</ref> ],<ref name="ApressSnowLeopardServer">{{cite book |author1=Charles Edge |author2=Chris Barker |author3=Ehren Schwiebert |author4=Ken Barker |title=Beginning Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server: From Solo Install to Enterprise |date=2010 |publisher=Apress |isbn=978-1-4302-2772-4 |pages=551-552(grooming), 553(synthetic full backup via Copy Media Set) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeO6a1LQvvsC&pg=PA552&lpg=PA552&dq=retrospect++grooming&source=bl&ots=NtlULUpmgf&sig=ACfU3U0fZJMri2hX2VwBNUE_oKhBiEU2NA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcnfWGtL_kAhWP2FkKHXmKABA4ChDoATAMegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=retrospect%20%20grooming&f=false |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> ]<ref name="ApressSnowLeopardServer" /><ref name="TitBITSMacintosh13">{{cite web |last1=Schmitz |first1=Agen |title=Retrospect 13 |url=https://tidbits.com/article/16311 |website=TitBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=27 October 2016 |date=5 March 2016}}</ref> with ] exclusion rules,<ref name="TitBITSMacintosh15.1.1" /> ],<ref name="TitBITSMacintosh11">{{cite web |last1=Schmitz |first1=Agen |title=Retrospect 11 |url=https://tidbits.com/article/14573 |website=TitBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=27 April 2017 |date=6 March 2014}}</ref> and ].<ref name="TidBITSMac10" /> | |||
| ; ] : Backing up interactive applications, ].<ref name="TitBITSMacintosh14.5">{{cite web |last1=Schmitz |first1=Agen |title=Retrospect 14.5 |url=https://tidbits.com/watchlist/retrospect-14-5/ |website=TidBITS |publisher=TidBITS Publishing Inc. |accessdate=17 October 2019 |date=7 September 2017 |quote=...with support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB database protection via script hooks}}</ref> | |||
| ; ] : ],<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac" /> ],<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac" /><ref name="TitBITSMacintosh15.0" /> ],<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac" /> monitoring with "Retrospect for ]", <ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review" />],<ref name="9TO5MacRetrospect14.0" />, and ].<ref name="AlphrRetrospect7.5" /> | |||
| ; ] : ]<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac" />—which can be extended to "remote" clients anywhere on the Internet for ] and user-initiated backups/restores,<ref name="TitBITSMacintosh15.0" /> and facilitating reconfiguration for ].<ref name="ChannelProRetrospectCloudStorageSupport">{{cite web |title=Retrospect Announces Hybrid Data Protection with New Cloud Storage Support |url=https://www.channelpronetwork.com/news/retrospect-announces-hybrid-data-protection-new-cloud-storage-support |website=ChannelPro Network |publisher=ChannelPro Network |accessdate=6 September 2019 |date=March 2016 |quote=Retrospect supports seeding options for the initial backup and large scale recovery for large restore scenarios.}}</ref> | |||
| == Editions and Add-Ons == | |||
| Retrospect is sold with varying backup server capability levels, called "Editions", with non-expiring ]<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac" /> that cover one ]. The Edition is dictated<ref name="MacworldRetrospect9" /> by the number of '''"server OS"''' ]/] computers being backed up; it in turn specifies a maximum number of client computers. | |||
| "Add-Ons", which activate additional backup server features via Edition-linked license codes, may also be purchased: | |||
| * agents<ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review" /> which back up Microsoft ] or Microsoft ] ] taken with ] | |||
| * "server OS"-licensed-Edition protection of ] systems ] ], such as for continuously running ], ]<ref name="TheBackupBook: DisasterRecovery" /><ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review" /> | |||
| * backing up to multiple single ] simultaneously<ref name="RonverSystemsRetrospect8Mac" /> or to a multiple-drive ] | |||
| * extending the ] Emergency Recovery CD to adjust Windows ] ]<ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review" /> | |||
| * backing up and restoring more client computers<ref name="KissellTakeControl2.0" /> than the maximum the chosen Edition specifies | |||
| * upgraded Web-based Management Console to allow deployment of shared scripts and aggregation-drilldown within organizations<ref name="ITProRetrospectBackup16Review" /> | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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| == External links == | == External links == | ||
| * {{Official website |
* {{Official website}} | ||
| ] | ] | ||
Revision as of 09:07, 27 October 2019
For other uses, see Retrospect (disambiguation).
Retrospect is a family of software applications that back up computers running the macOS, Microsoft Windows, and Linux (and until 2019 classic Mac OS) operating systems. It uses the client–server backup model.
The product is focused on the small and medium enterprise (SME) market. It performs three types of backup: "A Recycle backup deletes a backup set and adds all files, and a New Media backup creates a new backup set, copying all the files not included. Again this represents all files. Once installed, scripts can also be introduced to enable Scheduled backup using predetermined information supplied by the administrator. This information contains source, destination and other criteria, which enables a backup session to scan and back up one volume at a time, requiring less memory than an immediate backup."
The product is used for GUI-scripted backup.
History
The software was first developed by Dantz Development Corporation in 1989, initially for the Macintosh platform and continuing later for Windows. With sales split evenly between the two variants and the Macintosh variant claiming 90% of its market, Dantz Development Corporation was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2004. In 2006 version 7.5, the refined first release of the Windows variant under EMC, added performance features needed by SMEs.
Acquisition by EMC, under its Insignia brand, led to the product being briefly mothballed when Insignia was shut down in 2007. It was revived in 2008 and transferred to EMC's new acquisition Iomega. A "premature" release of Retrospect 8 in 2009 undermined its market after Apple introduced its competing Time Machine in late 2007. In 2010, Retrospect was sold to Roxio, owned by Sonic Solutions, which was then in turn acquired by Rovi. Rovi decided that it was not a core business, but a team who had worked on the product approached Rovi with the idea of spinning out as a separate company. Retrospect, Inc. was formed by a core team most of whom had worked on the product for ten years or more. Retrospect 9 was introduced in 2012, to positive reviews.
In June 2019 the holding company StorCentric—which also owns Drobo—announced that it had acquired Retrospect Inc., which it will operate as an wholly owned independent subsidiary.
See also
Notes
References
- Kissell, Joe (2007). Take Control of Mac OS X Backups (PDF) (Version 2.0 ed.). Ithaca, NY: TidBITS Electronic Publishing. pp. 18-20 ("The Archive", meaning information repository, including versioning), 24 (client-server), 82-83 (archive file), 126-141 (old Retrospect terminology and GUI—still used in Windows variant), 127 (Archiving operation in Retrospect), 128 (subvolume—later renamed Favorite Folder in Macintosh variant), 130-132 (Duplicate—later renamed Copy in Macintosh variant), 146(versioning), 165 (client-server). ISBN 978-0-9759503-0-2. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- "Retrospect Backup Multi Server Product Review". Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- Gripman, Stuart (27 March 2012). "Retrospect 9.0: powerful backup for professionals, organizations". MacWorld. Setting it up(WebDAV), Scheduling scripts(GUI scripting), Restoring(file-level deduplication, Proactive priorities). Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ Flynn, Laurie (25 September 1989). "Apple Bundles Tape Backup With Retrospect Software". InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. p. 33. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
...will bundle Dantz Development Corp.s Retrospect backup and archiving software with the Apple Tape Backup 40SC...
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help) - Engst, Adam (1 July 1991). "Retrospect Conclusion". TidBITS. TidBITS Publishing Inc. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- Mitchell, Dave (24 July 2019). "Retrospect Backup 16 review: Virtually useless for virtual machines". ITPro. Dennis Publishing. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ DeLong, Derik (27 March 2012). "Retrospect's long and twisted road". MacWorld. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- Mitchell, Dave (20 April 2006). "EMC Retrospect 7.5 review". Alphr. Dennis Publishing. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- Engst, Adam (18 June 2010). "Retrospect Backup Software Acquired by Sonic". TidBITS. TidBITS Publishing Inc. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- "Retrospect 9.0: powerful backup for professionals, organizations".
- Gallagher, Emily (25 June 2019). "StorCentric Acquires Retrospect, Inc. to Offer Enhanced Backup and Recovery Software Solutions". Retrospect. Retrospect Inc. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
