From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 8 21:40:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B48C16A422 for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 21:40:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maxsec@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CC8843D7E for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 21:39:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maxsec@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i28so757118wra for ; Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:39:48 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=PqROo9cXdlISQIeSiO4W8PlPgbXUSAgVmjhJJ+pqH/JSXhJur2PfIIjrsf93NE+FwWSRv6P0G8dGHAnQ8axeiD0ErYS6KEqMpT9aSGrRWv6MNGRWf0MJA8creyGAjbJCIh+0wgI8FQJ/PYgC4tqFuyup9GpDYbXBWg1iG7lxelM= Received: by 10.64.253.17 with SMTP id a17mr3212283qbi; Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:39:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.213.10 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:39:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <72cf361e0512081339n79c24ad4k69de0c42b8c0f5f1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 21:39:48 +0000 From: Martin Hepworth To: Kiffin Gish In-Reply-To: <000a01c60cb3$8aac6130$2401a8c0@XGISH> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <000a01c60cb3$8aac6130$2401a8c0@XGISH> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bacula vs. Amanda vs. whatever ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:40:02 -0000 Well I use amanda. It's DB doesn't need an external one like bacula so restores can be less troublesome. BUT it can't span tapes if a backup is larger than a tape........ It can use a virtual tape setup so it you have a nice big disk(array) you can backup to that. I'd say try amanda, if things aren't working out try bacula - it's nice to hav a choice... -- Martin On 12/29/05, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > I have a home network with two FreeBSD servers (web- and file-server), a > number of Windows desktops and a wireless FreeBSD laptop all connected to > one another using Samba. > > What is the best tool to create automatic central backups? For now I just > want to make backups on disk but later using an external tape drive. > > Some swear by Amanda, others insist Bacula works best with Samba, just > curious is all. > > -------------------------------------------- > Kiffin Gish > Gouda, The Netherlands > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >