Hi all I just wanted to give my 2 cents on this issue! I recently been testing various backup solution for e-smith: Taper has been ok for us up till now but I find it very unstable. Too many segmentation faults, upgrade on c-libraries etc. On the upside it is free & has a gui. Flexbackup , well I know that e-smith use this themselves but I found it very unfriendy - no gui etc I have since tried 2 commercial products - lone-tar (http://www.lone-tar.com/) & backupEDGE (www.microlite.com) Both products are easy to install, configure the tape drive & setup scheduled backups.Both have nice GUI you can access from the command-line. My personal choice is lone-tar. On the down side these are both commercial (i.e you have to pay for them +- $90 - $100) but they both come with demo periods (30 days??) For those who take their backups seriously, I recommend you have a look at these! Remember linux is starting to move from being free product to a low-cost solution. Regards Brandon Friedman Tech-Knowledgy Advantage (Tel.) +27 11 486-0626 (Cell.) 0834087840 (Fax.) +27 11 486-0629 (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.techknowledgy.co.za PO Box 1909, Houghton, 2041 South Africa No. 1 Mowbray Road, Greenside, Johannesburg, South Africa
