Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 17:30:51 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "Richard Grace" <rgrace@itworks.com.au>, "'Fook Sheng Chan'" <chanfs16@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: a good backup software and hardware Message-ID: <00043017312405.00438@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <000801bfb0d0$90ee3680$d9d124cb@itworks.com.au>
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Hello, Checkout NetMax from www.netmax.com I believe it is very good, easy to use. On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Richard Grace wrote: > > I am proposing a backup system for about 40 FreeBSD > > Web servers, and as I previously have little experice > > with backup for FreeBSD, I need your help. > > > > Pls advice me on what hardware to use if i want auto > > tape load functionality, and what software (comm or > > free). > > I'm not too sure about hardware, depending on the amount of content to be > backed up, you could probably get it all on a few DLT or AIT type tapes in a > small changer. Check the tape write speeds vs. the amount of data to back > up in the available time you have to determine how many tape drives you will > need. > > Amanda (/usr/ports/misc/amanda24, http://www.amanda.org/) is a fantastic > free backup utility, which uses either dump (best) or gnu tar to back up > filesystems and has support for tape changers. See the list of supported > hardware and the mailing list archives before buying hardware. It works in > client-server config with one or more tape drives and will work perfectly > across firewalls. The amanda-users mailing list provides excellent support. > It is also possible to restore your backups using just restore or gnu tar > which is a bonus if your backup server dies also... some other backup > utilities use proprietary formats which are much harder to deal with. > > Richard Grace. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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