Re: backup
"C. R. Oldham" <cro@ncacasi.org> writes:
> > Amanda sounds promising (everyone is recommending it).
>
> I'm afraid the reason everyone is recommending Amanda is because that's
> all there is.
>
> We used to use Amanda before we got a tape library and began backing up
> all our servers into the library. We have a heterogenous network
> (Linux, Win2000 with Exchange, Oracle). My experience with Amanda is
> that it works pretty well if you are doing Unix clients only, but doing
> a heterogenous network requires lots of scripting. Plus Amanda doesn't
> drive tape changers/libraries out of the box. It needs some scripting
> to do that as well.
>
Yes, it does. Well, you have to tell it what kind of changer
you are using, but scripts for the most common libraries are
already there.
> I recall that Arkeia does offer some free versions of it's software,
> it's now called Arkeia Light, and some information on it is here:
>
>
> --
> C. R. Oldham
> Director of Technology
> NCA CASI
>
> 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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