"C. R. Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Amanda sounds promising (everyone is recommending it). > > I'm afraid the reason everyone is recommending Amanda is because that's > all there is. > > We used to use Amanda before we got a tape library and began backing up > all our servers into the library. We have a heterogenous network > (Linux, Win2000 with Exchange, Oracle). My experience with Amanda is > that it works pretty well if you are doing Unix clients only, but doing > a heterogenous network requires lots of scripting. Plus Amanda doesn't > drive tape changers/libraries out of the box. It needs some scripting > to do that as well. >
Yes, it does. Well, you have to tell it what kind of changer you are using, but scripts for the most common libraries are already there. > I recall that Arkeia does offer some free versions of it's software, > it's now called Arkeia Light, and some information on it is here: > > > -- > C. R. Oldham > Director of Technology > NCA CASI > > I've > > asked a colleague > > who's into backups (and who has been using Legato for years) > > to investigate > > Amanda and write a report comparing them. > > > > We should probably get the Debian web page changed. A > > commercial program has > > to be a LOT better than DFSG free programs to deserve a > > mention on our web > > pages IMHO. > > > > -- > > http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced > > Linux packages > > http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark > > http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark > > http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ###################################################################### Torbjörn Pettersson # Scania Infomate Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Building 209 Phone +46 8 55382762 # 151 87 Södertälje ###################################################################### -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
