Time Machine volumes in Mac Pro

[Arno Hautala]

On 11 Mar 2008, at 07:12, Mark Smith wrote:

>> On Mar 10, 2008, at 18:35, I wrote:
>>
>>> I'm considering purchasing a Mac Pro and am wondering whether I  
>>> can use drives in its internal bays as time machine volumes for  
>>> portables on the WLAN if the Pro is hardwired (Gigabit Enet) to  
>>> the WLAN router ?
>
> On 11.03.2008, at 00:12, Neil Laubenthal wrote:
>
>> As long as it's running Leopard you can. When backing up to a  
>> network drive . . . Time Machine uses sparse disk image files  
>> instead of normal Finder readable files and folders . . .the files/ 
>> folders are contained inside the disk images. They mount and  
>> dismount transparently when TM runs.
>
>
> and On 11.03.2008, at 00:42, Erik J. Barzeski wrote:
>
>> I don't think you can, no. Not in a supported fashion.
>
>
> Neil says yes and Eric says no. Now I'm looking for a third opinion.
>
> (The question I'm pondering is whether to take an additional drive  
> in the Pro to use for TM, or to spend that money on a Time Capsule.)

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html

"Pick a disk. Any disk.

You can designate just about any HFS+ formatted FireWire or USB drive  
connected to a Mac as a Time Machine backup drive. Time Machine can  
also back up to another Mac running Leopard with Personal File  
Sharing, Leopard Server, or Xsan storage devices."

Your money will probably go further on an additional internal drive.

--Arno



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