Re: Which backup package?
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On 04/21/08 19:28, Steve Witt wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
>
>> Greetings;
>>
>> It is time that I started getting serious about backing up my systems.
>> I have nine systems on my network, one will be used just for backup &
>> restore (Debian/lenny)
>
> Do you intend to backup to tape? Unless amanda has improved a lot in the
> last few years, I'd recommend bacula. I switched from amanda to bacula
> and have been much happier. My complaint with amanda was that it didn't
> support our tape library at all (a 22 tape library) and we had to
> configure the library so it used a new tape every day. bacula does
> support tape libraries well and uses the tapes much more efficiently. It
> stores the backed up files in a database and so during a restore will be
> able to find the correct tape(s) in a multi-tape backup set to load to
> get the files you request. The cool thing about this is that it doesn't
> associate a tape with a particular backup job, and so is able to fill up
> the tape as backups are done over time. I don't know the status of
So multiple, consecutive days of backups are on one tape? IMNSHO,
that's a serious design flaw, because a bad tape would then wipe out
many days of backups, like putting many eggs in a fragile basket.
> development on amanda any more, but bacula is being actively maintained.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
We want... a Shrubbery!!
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