Subject: Re: Remote backup systems...
From: Anthony Valentine (amv@akvalentine.com)
Date: Tue Oct 01 2002 - 23:11:47 AKDT
I use Amanda also, both at work and at home.
At work I use it to backup up several AIX servers (including our Oracle
databases) and my Linux PC. These backups go to a DLT tape drive.
At home, I backup a four Linux PC's. These backups go to a large IDE
disk.
I've been very happy with Amanda so far. The few problems I've had
(mostly setup/compile issues) have been solved quickly with the help of
the dedicated folks on the amanda users mailing list.
There is a chapter about Amanda in the book 'Unix Back-up and Recovery',
which you can read online here: http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html
Amanda's website is here: http://www.amanda.org
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 17:19, Mike Tibor wrote:
>
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Joshua J.Kugler wrote:
>
> >
> > We're currently using a homegrown backup system here, and it's become
> > apparent that something more is needed. This will probably be a bit long,
> > but input is appreciated.
> >
> > Option 1:
> > Use a system already out there. Our budget is not large, and I'm just plain
> > biased toward GPL-ish software. I've found a couple systems, but neither
> > quite work. One has a very nice web interface, but for for backup/restore it
> > requires using rsync and NFS. Not my choice. The other good one I found
> > (that has a built in protocol [i.e. self contained]) only will write to tape,
> > and not to a hard drive (block device). Any suggestions?
>
> Well, I can't help at all with option 2 (although it sounds fascinating to
> me), but I can tell you I've been extremely happy with AMANDA. It sounds
> as though that might be the second backup system you describe above.
>
> At the moment we're using AMANDA here to backup six or seven Linux and
> FreeBSD boxes, and I've used it at another place where there were over
> twenty servers being backed up. These two examples are probably pretty
> small potatos compared to other installations out there.
>
> Mike
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