Re: backup

[Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>]

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:57, Thomas Krennwallner wrote:
> On Mon Dec 16, 2002 at 05:36:25PM +0100, the boisterous
> Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>
>
> wrote to me:
> > Is there any DFSG free software that can do what Legato does?  If so what
> > is it?
>
> I'm using Amanda as network backup solution and I like it very much.
> I don't know Legato. Why is it a good tool?

Legato works.  It basically does the job and the people who use it don't seem 
to report any problems with it.

I don't know of any reason why Legato would be any better than other similar 
products.

Amanda sounds promising (everyone is recommending it).  I've asked a colleague 
who's into backups (and who has been using Legato for years) to investigate 
Amanda and write a report comparing them.

We should probably get the Debian web page changed.  A commercial program has 
to be a LOT better than DFSG free programs to deserve a mention on our web 
pages IMHO.

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