From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 18:56:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68B5D16A4B3 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:56:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (user38.net339.fl.sprint-hsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E06D43F3F for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:56:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost.wjv.com [127.0.0.1]) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8G1tvkP020064; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:55:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8G1tvJp020063; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:55:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:55:57 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: "W.D. McKinney" Message-ID: <20030916015557.GG19020@wjv.com> References: <1063601123.9505.1036.camel@papa.wdm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1063601123.9505.1036.camel@papa.wdm.com> Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park ReplyTo: bv@wjv.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup tape drive under 4.8 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: bv@wjv.com List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 01:56:35 -0000 On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 20:45 , while impersonating an expert on the internet, W.D. McKinney sent this to stdout: > I have a nice tape drive now on our mail server. What is the > best way to back up data as we add customers ? Seems like Bru > and Amanda are getting bad raps now ? Amanda is free but BRU costs money. If you don't mind commercial software I recommend Lone-Tar from Cactus.com. *** This is a semi-commercial announcment *** I have a few machines using that and each night I get an email saying the backup has been perfomed successfully, and later on another email indicating the tape has been rewound and it has verified at the bit-level that the tape matches the contents of the hard drive. I've been using that and another commercial piece of software on clients for years back when I used to have a lot of clients on SCO. But the Lone-Tar is available for FreeBSD, and I 'lent' one of the authors an SGI to compile a version for those a while back. They've been supporting multiple Unix products for at least 10 years. The support is great. They also have a free demo download. Now - here is a disclainer - I'm also a dealer for the SW - so go to the site and take a look. They have a fairly high list price on the SW - but even though I don't sell much I've been a dealer for years and get a decent discount. So if you think you might want this email me. Sorry if anyone finds this too commercial as I tried to keep it just pertinent to the discussion. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com