HardwareVM or bare metal installSME version
how much ram?come on.. be verbose..
in any case, if you need to restore files and/or dir, try to use the dar command line (see https://wiki.contribs.org/Backup_with_dar#Manually_restoring_from_dar_archive_created_by_e-smith-backup)
He did mention it in his previous post
Bearing in mind my calculations I think that will be his best option. Unless he seriously ups the timeouts in httpd.
Many thanks, i will try with command to restore selective files (deleted files of my users)
230 pc on a 10/100 infra? OMG