On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Alan McKay <alan.mc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So going back to Amanda and Bacula ... I seem to recall that Amanda uses
> standard tools on the back end like gtar and/or dump, is that right?

Amanda needs its own client installation on the target, but uses the
local gnutar or dump, then stores it with a header pre-pended so you
can skip over it if you needed to restore with only standard tools.

> What does Bacula use?  Does it use one of the standard tools?  Or does it
> have its own proprietary format that it uses?

Not sure about that - it does also have its own agent to install, though.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
     lesmikes...@gmail.com
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