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Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:48:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To: Diane Vanthoff <diane@toadshow.com.au>
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Subject: Re: best backup program
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On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Diane Vanthoff wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just wondering what the best backup program for freebsd is?
>
> We would like to do a full system backup of our 2 free bsd servers.
>
> Should we use: dump/restore, tar, cpio, pax, amanda, or something else?

I used to use dump, and then I checked out BRU (http://www.estinc.com)
from FreeBSD.  I really like BRU.  I've been using it ever since.  It's
not free, however.  But I think it's worth the cost.

Joe

>
> I got these from this reference: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backup-programs.html which also lists the best backup program to use, but the guide is a little old now.
>
> Diane.
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