From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 30 11:12:24 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA08826 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 11:12:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (root@ix-sb1-06.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.38]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA08803 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 11:12:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id LAA00958; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 11:14:58 -0800 Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 11:14:57 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d To: James FitzGibbon cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup programs? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 30 Dec 1995, James FitzGibbon wrote: > I'm looking for suggestions for backup software for use under FreeBSD > with a SCSI DAT. The system in questions won't be babysat much, so if > anyone knows of programs that handle failures gracefully, it would be > appreciated. Check out Amanda, in the ports collection. It's a pretty sophisticated, very configurable backup system. It's primarily meant to back LARGE numbers of network hosts and network file systems to a single (or multiple) high-capacity tape drive, and as such may be a bit complex for your needs, but it might work. It's worth a look anyway, I suppose. Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **