Time Machine volumes in Mac Pro

[Jim Balhoff]

On Mar 11, 2008, at 7:12 AM, 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:
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>> 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.)

It works fine, and as far as I can see it's supported.  I back up two  
laptops over a wireless network to a shared drive in a desktop.  The  
backup for each laptop is stored in a sparse image on the shared  
drive.  All machines should be running Leopard.

Thanks,
Jim