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Is anybody backing up both Mac and Win machines to just 1 USB drive? If so, what software are you using, how do you have things hooked up, and what are the shortcomings of your solution?
Here is the approach I am using, but I'm looking for a better one...
Using USB drive on the Win machine formatted as NTFS.
Using Macrium Reflector to backup the Win machines.
Using a sparcebundle and TimeMachine to backup the Mac machines over the network.
The Good:
Can backup and restore any number of machines to 1 usb drive.
Can restore to a point in time.
Can restore individual files/folders.
The Bad:
Can't boot to the backup drive on either Mac or Win.
Backup of the Mac is slow since it must be done over the network, because Mac can't write reliably to NTFS.
Mac backup space is limited to the size of the sparsebundle.
Here is the approach I am using, but I'm looking for a better one...
Using USB drive on the Win machine formatted as NTFS.
Using Macrium Reflector to backup the Win machines.
Using a sparcebundle and TimeMachine to backup the Mac machines over the network.
The Good:
Can backup and restore any number of machines to 1 usb drive.
Can restore to a point in time.
Can restore individual files/folders.
The Bad:
Can't boot to the backup drive on either Mac or Win.
Backup of the Mac is slow since it must be done over the network, because Mac can't write reliably to NTFS.
Mac backup space is limited to the size of the sparsebundle.