Re: tape backup from remote

From: Bob Martin (bob_at_buckhorn.net)
Date: 03/30/04

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    Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:55:30 -0600
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    I'm guessing that the reason that there are many options is that there
    are many [different] needs.

    I didn't mean to disparage amanda. It's solid code, and been around for
    years.

    Another option that has gained a lot of momentum and popularity is doing
    away with the tapes all together and just dumping to disk. Not a good
    fit for all, but an excellent fit for many.

    Bob

    Dan Vande More wrote:
    > Some people/networks see no problems with rdump. In most cases, I myself
    > would recommend amanda though.
    > Amanda has the distinct advantage of being able to spool data to the
    > "holding disk" at which point another utility writes this to the tape.
    > This eliminates the t(h?)rashing Christoph mentioned.
    > This is almost word for word out of the documenation.
    >
    > http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html
    >
    > Amanda can also be configured to compress on the client, and send to the
    > server. This is much more efficient than transferring text files, etc.
    >
    > HTH,
    >
    > Dan Vande More
    >
    >

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