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EMC® Retrospect® for Windows

Product Comparison Add-Ons White Papers Awards PROMOTION: Purchase EMC Retrospect Multi Server, Retrospect Single Server or Retrospect Small Business Server Premium edition between April 1, 2007 and June 30, 2007 and get Retrospect Professional edition at no additional charge!

EMC® Retrospect® 7.5 for Windows is designed to deliver automated, reliable, cost-effective protection for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and the distributed enterprise. Retrospect has won numerous awards and broad industry acclaim by addressing the unique challenges faced by SMBs and distributed enterprises in these critical areas:

• Protects servers, business-critical applications, desktops, and notebooks
• Backs up Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, and NetWare computers to a Windows computer
• Easy to set up and manage
• No need for weekly full backups
• Simplified management of backup media
• Disk-to-disk-to-tape backups
• Highest level of security for backup media
• Disaster recovery

To learn more about Retrospect for Windows business editions, download a printer-friendly PDF of the data sheet.

To learn about new product features, read the press release announcing Retrospect 7.5 for Windows.

System Requirements

Windows computers that run Retrospect

• Intel Pentium class processor (1.5 GHz or more recommended)
• 512 MB RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
• Network backup requires TCP/IP networking
• Hard disk with 5 GB free
• Retrospect Multi Server, Single Server, and Disk-to-Disk: Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server (SP6 or greater); Windows 2000 Professional, Server, or Advanced Server (SP2 or greater); Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise editions (32-bit and x64); Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Small Business Server 4.5, 2000, or 2003; Windows Storage Server 2003; Windows XP (32-bit and x64)
• Retrospect Small Business Server, Standard and Premium editions: Windows Small Business Server 2000 or 2003
• Retrospect can run in a Windows environment using VMWare Workstation 5, 5.5.1 or VMWare ESX Server 2.5. Backups can be performed to disk or single tape drives.

Windows clients

• Windows XP (32-bit and x64)
• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP6 or greater)
• Windows 95/98/98 SE/Me
• Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise editions (32-bit and x64)
• Windows Server 2003 R2
• Windows Small Business Server 2000 or 2003
• Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server (SP2 or greater)
• Windows Storage Server 2003
• Windows NT 4.0 Server (SP6 or greater)*

Macintosh clients

• Mac® OS 7.1 or later, Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later

Linux clients

• Red Hat Linux 7.3, 8.x, 9.x; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4
• SUSE LINUX 8.0, 9.2, 9.3
• Novell Linux Desktop 9

Solaris clients

• Solaris 8, 9

NetWare clients*

• NetWare 5.1, 6.0, 6.5

VMWare Clients

• Supported client operating systems running in VMWare Workstation 5 and 5.5.1, and VMWare ESX Server 2.5 environments.

Supported backup devices

• SCSI/Fibre Channel/iSCSI/ATAPI/USB/IEEE 1394 tape drives, tape autoloaders, and tape library systems including AIT, DAT, DLT, LTO, Travan, and VXA (Disk-to-Disk edition does not back up to tape.)
• Local hard disks, remote servers, and NAS devices
• SCSI/ATAPI/USB/IEEE 1394 Writable CD/DVD drives
• Removable disks including REV, Zip, DVD-RAM, MO, and SuperDisk (LS-120)
• Search the EMC Insignia storage device compatibility database for specific device support

*Retrospect Single Server, Small Business Server, and Disk-to-Disk editions require the purchase of a server client license in order to back up a server client.

508 Compliance
Retrospect meets U.S. government section 508 specifications for usability by the disabled and visually impaired. View the VPAT accessibility checklist.