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Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl>
Subject: Re: Bacula vs. Amanda vs. whatever ...
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> Kiffin Gish wrote:
>> I have a home network with two FreeBSD servers (web- and file-server), a 
>> number of Windows desktops and a wireless FreeBSD laptop all connected to 
>> one another using Samba. 
>> What is the best tool to create automatic central backups? For now I just 
>> want to make backups on disk but later using an external tape drive.
>> 
>> Some swear by Amanda, others insist Bacula works best with Samba, just

dump is OK for all of them. works fine.

it's sometimes good to look at simplest tools, as they are usually the 
best.