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Date:      Tue, 11 Dec 2001 22:44:36 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net>
To:        Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
Cc:        francisv@dagupan.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Backup solutions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112112240140.48752-100000@thud.tbe.net>
In-Reply-To: <20011212141130.A1618@aviion.alfred.cx>

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I'll second the Amanda suggestion.  It takes a little practice and
determination, but once it's set up it runs quite beautifully.  We've got
a mix of 25+ Sun/FreeBSD servers backing up to a single FreeBSD box with a
DDS-4 (great compression), and it never complains.  We've even gotten it
working with a Sun StorEdge L1000 using the loader mechanism, and it's
wonderful compared to the $10k+ Veritas solution our vendor wanted... ;)

-Gary

"Complexity breeds bugs.  Bugs prevent adoption, lack of adoption results
in death.  Death not good."

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Andrew Reid wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:38:05AM +0800, francisv@dagupan.com wrote:
> 
> > I'm shopping for ideas regarding backup solutions, anything in mind? I'd
> > like to backup 2-5 FreeBSD servers to one tape server. I've looked at Amanda
> > but it too complicated to setup. I've also tried flexbackup but then it
> > lacks the automation of Amanda.
> 
> Try persevering with Amanda -- it's quite nice once you know what
> you're doing with it.
> 
>    - andrew
> 
> -- 
> Andrew J. Reid                    "Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem  
> andrew.reid@plug.cx               mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane 
> +61 401 946 813                   mittam"                                
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