On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:59:45AM +0000, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > b) Have no intention of using it myself for my home computer, but wonder > if its a variable option in a university department (~100 staff). >
Well Amanda has several disadvantages: - poor support for non Unix-like Operating systems - Cannot backup filesystems/directories larger then tape drive. - no builtin support for database backup Please check if those disadvantages are a problem for you. If they are not, go ahead and use Amanda. I have been running it for seven years (for several small companies) and never had a failure and i know for sure i can do disaster recovery with just a pile of tapes. Before buying a commercial backup software, try a disaster recovery from just a pile of tapes. Ciao Dietmar -- Dietmar Goldbeck, Senior Consultant, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Neteligent GmbH, http://www.neteligent.de/ Walter-Benjamin-Platz 6, 10629 Berlin, Germany fon: +49 (0)30/310182-73, fax: +49 (0)30/310182-79