Retrospect 8.x System Requirements

Retrospect 8.x console (manages the engine)

Intel processor

Mac OS X 10.5.5 or later

At least 1 GB RAM

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)

Intel processor, Power PC G5 processor, or dual Power PC G4 processors running at 867 MHz or faster

Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later

At least 2 GB RAM

10-15 GB of hard disk space for each concurrent activity

Storage for backups

Mac OS X Clients

PowerPC G3, G4, or G5, or any Intel processor

Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server 10.3.9, 10.4.11, or 10.5.5 or later

RAM that meets Apple’s guidelines for each OS

: Backing up Mac OS X Server clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or Retrospect Single Server with available Server Client Licenses.

Windows Clients

Pentium processor or later

Windows 2000, XP, or Vista; Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 or 2008

RAM that meets Microsoft’s guidelines for each OS

: Backing up Windows Server clients requires Retrospect Multi Server or Retrospect Single Server with available Server Client Licenses.

Linux Clients

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.

glibc version 2 or later

: 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

Last Update: February 13, 2012