Re: Backup Software Question


Subject: Re: Backup Software Question
From: Harald Wagener (hwagener@fcb-wilkens.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 2001 - 10:57:59 EDT


Chris Herrmann wrote:
>
> amanda. see:
>
> http://www.amanda.org
>
> a couple of notes:
>
> - make sure you have a tape drive that can back up your largest partition
> within one tape - amanda can't span partitions across tapes
> - it can be a little tricky to get working, but there are many excellent
> amanda mail lists, which are generally both responsive and accurate. You'll
> find links to them on the page above.
>

For a larger network and/or more complex backup needs, arkeia, a commercial
program
might be useful too.

It's at no cost to use for a simple system (i.e. backup of a single server without
a tape library).

H.

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