Mac OS X Server mobile account VS Time Machine Network Backup

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Published on 2011-01-02T11:32:47Z Indexed on 2011/01/02 11:55 UTC
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I am installing a Server @home to manage the mac client's of my family. First I wanted to make time machine Backups over the internal network to an external Hard-drive which is connected to my Mac OS X Server (10.6) but when I read about the mobile accounts and it's synchronization features I got a little bit irritated what the differences between the two Services are.

So where are the differences between a mobile account and a Time Machine Backup which is made over the network?

Can the synchronized mobile Account be backup to an external Harddisk, if yes, how?

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