I use bru 2000 and I am _very_ happy with it. I also us cpio to copy my whole filesystem(/) to a different partition (/snapshot) to have a online read-only backup of files. You could get by with cpio but I like the tape verify and features of bru 2000. Take a look at www.estinc.com
On 3 Dec 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > How do people backup their machines? What packages do you use? > How do the backends (dd, dump/restore tar afio/cpio) compare wrt > reliability/ease of use? [dd is just for completeness.] I would like > a full backup, so I guess tar is out as a backend (can't handle > special files). I guess I would like to hear abot dump vs afio. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > | > Tar | cpio / afio > ____________________________________|__________________________________ > can't handle special files. |may get confused with multiple > |hard links. > | > One copy of hard-linked files, but |Many copies of hardlinked files, > can retrieve file using that one |but can be restored using any > name only. |of the names > | > Uses checksums. |No checksums > | > stops at first sign of corruption | Skips over corrupted area > | > Blocked to start on a record | > boundary | > | > headers always 512 bytes |Efficient use of space for headers > | > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > The last time I dealt with backups, I was backing up 30 > machines remotely to a tape drive like the moster ones in all the > 70's movies, using a mess of home grown scripts and dump/restore. > > I'd rather not have to re-write the scripts (haven't things > gotten easier in the last decade?), so I'm now looking for backup > solutions where I don't have to write the scripts. I have come up > with the following (based entirely on the descriptions) > ______________________________________________________________________ > Amanda: Powerful. Reassuringly, it seems to use dump/restore, which I > understand. Knows which tape and where on the tape to look > for to restore a file (I like that). Cons: Overkill for a > single machine. > > afbackup: Again, client server, which I don't need; says it should be > easy to use on just one machine. goes to end of tape > automatically. Hmm. tape marks written (I assume that's > what the description is trying to say). No idea what the > backend is -- afio? > > dump: An old friend. I used to do tower of hanoi backups -- has > dump levels, is integrated in (even fstab format caters to > dump/restore). Requires book keeping. Reliability of Linux > dump? > > tob: tar/afio. full/differential/incremental backups, determines > size beforehand > > floppybackup: Well, I have a tape. > > taper: selection using mouseless commander? recursively selected > dirs are supported? This does not sound like what I need to > backup several *partitions*. > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > manoj > > -- > "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro..." Dr. Hunter > S. Thompson > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> > Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue... ,, / ( "> _______________________________________________________ _(-}) B I T B U R N A C C E S S System Administrator .' ^^ http://www.bitburn.org/ mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] `-> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .