--On Monday, January 13, 2003 01:56:16 -0500 Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:36:33AM +0530, Nitesh Kumar A. wrote: >> >> I am yet to understand the advantages of AMANDA over other backup >> utilities like ADSM, etc other than AMANDA being a freebie? >> >> May I know some of the reasons why AMANDA edges over other traditional >> Unix backup utilities. > > stable > does what it claims > source available > well supported > good, unique scheduling module > networked > scales well from a single system to moderatly large installations Also that it uses native utilities for the backup images, so you can do a restore without having to reinstall Amanda first. Frank > From your "yet to understand", I assume you have compared amanda to > other traditional unix backup utilities. May we know some of your > comparison results? Or the features you find attractive in other > traditional unix backup utilities? > > > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
