Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 12:34:55 -0500 From: "Evan Champion" <evanc@synapse.net> To: <jfielden@geocities.com>, <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Win 95 Network Backup Message-ID: <01bceada$4b8af7e0$513654c7@cello.synapse.net>
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>Actually, because of a hardware shortage, I do that here, but archive to >tape, not CD. I run SAMBA on the BSD box, and then mount the "drives" on >NT. Once the drive is mounted, it is eligible for backup with backup >programs. The file copying is done using the SMB protocol, and windoze >doesn't know the difference. One caveat from my days at an un-named >company, where we were trying to develop a program that would reliably >be a CDR burner over the network: CDR's need a constant stream of data >at a steady rate. Data over/under-runs are very possible in this >scenario. IMHO, you stand a better chance of burning frisbees than >backups over the network. Amanda 2.4 (and possibly the later 2.3's) can back up over SMB. Evan
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