Retrospect 8.x System Requirements
Legacy
Retrospect 8.x console (manages the engine)
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Intel processor
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Mac OS X 10.5.5 or later
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At least 1 GB RAM
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50 MB hard disk space
The Retrospect console need not be installed on the same Mac as the Retrospect engine.
Retrospect 8.x engine (performs backups and restores)
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Intel processor, Power PC G5 processor, or dual Power PC G4 processors running at 867 MHz or faster
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Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later
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At least 2 GB RAM
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10-15 GB of hard disk space for each concurrent activity
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Storage for backups
Mac OS X Clients
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PowerPC G3, G4, or G5, or any Intel processor
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Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 10.3.9, 10.4.11, or 10.5.5 or later
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RAM that meets Apple’s guidelines for each OS
Note: Backing up Mac OS X Server clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or Retrospect Single Server with available Server Client Licenses.
Windows Clients
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Pentium processor or later
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Windows 2000, XP, or Vista; Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 or 2008
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RAM that meets Microsoft’s guidelines for each OS
Note: Backing up Windows Server clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or Retrospect Single Server with available Server Client Licenses.
Linux Clients
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x86-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.
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glibc version 2 or later
Note: In order to use the graphical user interface (GUI) to change options and preferences, Java version 1.2 or later is also required.
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 (connected via FireWire, SCSI, iSCSI, Fibre Channel), and removable disk drives. See the Retrospect Device Support Database for a complete list of supported tape drives and libraries. Backing up to optical media such as CD, DVD, and Blu-ray in the initial release requires manually activating this feature; please see below for details.
Last Update: February 13, 2012