f36142b2-8ca5-4f30-937c-3d48c8bdb0f4 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 In a few days Lion will be released. And Apple has lowered the price of Lion Server so much that I'm considering buying that for my little Mac mini server at home. Currently it's running Retrospect Desktop and also takes care of my 3 other Macs. When/if I upgrade that Mac to Lion Server, will I have to move to Retrospect Server as well? If so, will there be any upgrades available to go from Desktop to Server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 If you use Lion server, you would need a server edition of Retrospect. I don't yet have specifics on the general compatibility at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yadmonkey Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 If you use Lion server, you would need a server edition of Retrospect. Are you saying that the Desktop version wouldn't work with Lion Server? What if you're just using Retrospect as a desktop user: to backup a single drive attached to the Server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f30e6e60-a263-4d69-8f60-c92703669308 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Are you saying that the Desktop version wouldn't work with Lion Server? Yes, he is saying that. What if you're just using Retrospect as a desktop user: to backup a single drive attached to the Server? If you just want to use OS X 10.7 as a desktop user you should probably avoid the Server update. Have you used OS X Server before? Other then as a learning exercise what do you believe OS X Server will bring to your network? Many of the services a small LAN would use (web serving, file sharing, firewall etc) are already present on all versions of OS X. Are you _very_ familiar with how DNS works? -d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenlm Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Apparently, Retrospect Inc is thinking about releasing some kind of "Home Server" Edition: If you're using Lion Server at home, let us know. We're considering a Retrospect Home Server edition to match a less expensive Lion Server. Posted on Twitter 11 Jan 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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