From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 17 12:38:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA20185 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:38:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ziplink.net (relay-0.ziplink.net [206.15.168.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA20088 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:38:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lrios@ziplink.net) Received: from zip1.ziplink.net (zip1.ziplink.net [206.15.168.18]) by ziplink.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA04166; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:37:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:37:21 -0400 (EDT) From: lrios To: Jamie Lawrence cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, robin@workstationsuk.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: Legato Networker client In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980617122207.03830ce0@204.74.82.151> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I avoided Legato for the exact same reasons you described. Too much $ for support and training. I'm currently playing with amanda. Hopefully I can get it to work with our DEC machines here and I'll be very happy. ______ __ /___ / / / __ / /(@)__ / (@)__ / /__ lrios@ziplink.net / // / _ \/ / / _ \/ '_/ / //_/ .__/_/_/_//_/_/\_\ NASA TEAM / /__/_/___________________ `He who dies with the most toys win!` /___________________________ On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Jamie Lawrence wrote: > At 02:57 PM 6/17/98 -0400, you wrote: > >When I was inquiring about a FreeBSD client I was told to send mail to > >FreeBSD@legato.com. I was told that the client was in Beta at the time. > >Since then I've lost interest in Legato and never followed up. > > Wise choice. We use it here to back up a bunch of Solaris machines. > > Every reboot, something strange (and different from the previous > problem) freaks out with Networker, requiring substantial amounts of troubleshooting time on my part. > > They charge far too much for support, in my opinion. Carefully look > at the ongoing costs of using Legato's product before committing. > > -j > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message