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Simply forward this message to rem@link.rm0004.net or call 773-470-0350 This message was sent by None | 8601 Eight Mile Creek Rd | Pensacola, FL 32526 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 03:18:59 2014 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96869EF4 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 4 Dec 2014 03:18:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x22b.google.com (mail-ig0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D061AC2 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 4 Dec 2014 03:18:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f171.google.com with SMTP id z20so13965059igj.4 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:18:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5ijxOLMNR3Z5zbKfnEmsurd07MaUOuIRnVjHpTLT3hA=; b=WTzsChMGGMOYJO853b2b03Jg/yfT5uG4nJxvpXh5rjUKgbR4dLWuFVzlIAGRh0048q 6/v4/5+gGGBPsW9hMVTa7tyLtBNIAJBUseomY+DaXy03sBvU2uQi2rtO07smNVi/j9tL a9VoGkkP48v9DlSoaRSNxMz4iW49+3o/4g4ojmEPsg1Cs4iqkFVRXxffE+0bKHCjGeoF iUH8k7TYqqaVwhnODk3XF4QeJIJKxsWv1Axv0s6LahgkKzyFWZvD9/R24XqTdkvP4PIX BgTSi+hT5yh6RqSdsEgjtAD7NOAqcLWOKy/3XoaGOmOyI9kTBkDwC+vKu/yhuP5Og+Ux /LKA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.30.13 with SMTP id t13mr9826991icc.40.1417663138769; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:18:58 -0800 (PST) Sender: olivier2553@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.29.77 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 19:18:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <999d7e80e60f466682c736f275b75788@Server02.ad.ezmax.ca> References: <999d7e80e60f466682c736f275b75788@Server02.ad.ezmax.ca> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 10:18:58 +0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: DbCH4SOh-pMVmTy0ecRTm64kNhk Message-ID: <CA+g+BvhDrN4jRH+FYyEfjU5aza9EL=zD0pS+zpxzwubA6N4B2w@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Backup solution for freeBSD/Symantec Backup exec porting From: Olivier Nicole <olivier.nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> To: Ian Lord <lordi@msdi.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 03:18:59 -0000 Hi, > We are thinking of purchasing a DELL Powervault LT2000 device which consi= sts of 1 or 2 LTO6 tape drives with 24 slots giving 60TB of data space for = retention > > I've read a lot on the subject and many people seem to do dumps on a remo= te HD, etc, but to get to 60TB of disk space would cost a lot and would be = less reliable then a tape library in my opinion. Arguably. Tape library are fare from reliable, they have a lot of mechanical parts in it that like to fail. And they are very expensive to buy. Tapes need special care for the storage. While you could populate your backup machine with new disks when you need it and only when you need it (and newer disks will have higher capacity too, or replace older disks with newer bigger ones). Plus using hard disks gives you a virtually unlimited number of parallel devices compared to your 2 tape drives. I have been using a machine with 8 disks for many years, started with 500GB, then 1,5TB and I am finishing the upgrade to 3TB disks. Easy, transparent, and Amanda. 60TB disks is like USD 2000, how much is the 24 slots, 2 drives library? > We need something automated and reliable. Hopefully, with a nice gui to r= estore individual files etc... > > We already have backup exec 2014 for our windows servers, but they don't = make an agent for freebsd. > Symantec has netbackup which supports FreeBSD, but it seems really expens= ive (A rep will call me, tells all about the price lol) > > I've read on Bacula and Amanda, and it really doesn't feel like a product= mature enough (outdated documentation, no clear indication the tape librar= y would work, etc). Their commercial counterparts are really expensives... = I'm afraid to purchase hardware, new server, etc and end up with nothing wo= rking. >From experience, Amanda mailing list is responsive, you could try to ask there. They have no nice GUI, but it's a strong and reliable software. Best regards, Olivier > > In the past, we used backup exec to backup freebsd using their legacy bac= kup agents in linux compat mode and it was working really well. We tried (w= ithout extensive effort) to make work their linux agent on freebsd without = success. > > So my questions are: > > 1- Does anyone have a tape library working with bacula or Amanda ? D= oes it work well ? (meaning stable, reliable and good performance) > > 2- Would anyone be willing to try to make backup exec work on freebs= d using linux compat mode ? I would be willing to finance the project up to= 500$ perhaps other people reading this could also contribute to have more = man hours on this task. > > I love so much FreeBSD Over Linux, but it's always hard to get support fr= om vendors... We are even evaluating to switch our fileservers to Centos (w= here we also dump sql databases and could replicate important data from fre= eBSD) to be able to easily back them up using Backup Exec's agent. But this= would be my last resort as I don't want to support linux box where everyth= ing else in in FreeBSD. > > Any help/comment would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ian Lord > MSD Informatique > 143 Rue des Fauvettes > St-Colomban (Qu=C3=A9bec) J5K 0E2 > T=C3=A9l: (514) 776-6734 #201 > Sans Frais: 1(877) 776-6734 #201 > http://www.msdi.ca/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"
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