[nikhsub1]

Originally Posted by Tempus

Get MS Server 2003.

Enable shadow copy.

Backup the server to tape.

Yeah but he still has to send the files to the server... phaestus, the way I do it at the 10 facilities I sysadmin for is with the msbackup from the workstations to the server. MS backup works well, although a bit quirky to set up. I have all data critical machines send to the server to a designated folder every night before the server back up. The server then backs it up to tape (DDS4). Are you running a domain network? If you arent, you should as you can use roaming profiles/folder redirection to be served from the server so all docs and data on the desktop and the my docs folder are actually kept on the server at all times. There are many ways to do what you want. If you need removeable storage I would suggest looking at the new Iomega Rev drives... 35GB uncompressed and I think close to 90GB compressed per cartrige. Less than $400.