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From: aad@nwnet.net (Anthony Talltree)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: New, Fast backup software for BSDI
Date: 26 Nov 1996 14:46:46 -0800
Organization: NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, USA, Earth
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>http://home.xl.ca/perfectBackup

>Free downloads.  World's fastest and most reliable UNIX backup.
>Worth a look.

The platform matrix on the web site does not include BSDI.  It's also not
clear that a central tapehost can initiate and manage multiple remote
backup clients, or how the data from remote clients is sent.  The latter has
firewall & other security implications.