Check out the "Volume Shadow Copy" service which provides exactly what you
need. You can configure how many copies of documents are retained and for how
long.

Alternatively, get your users to store documents on Windows SharePoint
Services - Version 3 includes a recyle bin - again configurable as you desire.

All of this is included free with Windows Server 2003

Regards
Graham

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Calab" <myspam@csd.ca> wrote in message
> news:ORs8VHroIHA.804@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Is it possible to create a network recycle bin on a Windows 2003 server,
> > either natively or with third party software?
> >
> > I have 1.5TB of data on a RAID5 array. If I delete a file on the server
> > from
> > one of my workstations I would like to be able to recover it the same way
> > I
> > could recover a file deleted locally.
> >
> > I don't need the ability to track file changes/versions.
> >
> > I don't want to waste drive space by backing up tonnes of files.
> >
>
> As an afterthought: If you installed a RAID5 array then you
> must be concerned about disk failures. Why then aren't you
> concerned about file system corruption? A RAID array won't
> protect you against that - only a proper backup system will.
>
>
>