Re: Tape Backup Software

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Tue, 14 May 2002 14:32:07 -0400
Ray Curtis <ray ccux com> wrote:

> >>>>> "k" == kcsmart  <ABrady> writes:
> 
>     k> On Tue, 14 May 2002 05:58:04 -0500
>     k> "scott.list" <scott list mlec net> wrote:
> 
>     >> I like BRU.  I've had excellent results from it. 
>     >www.estinc.com
> 
>     k> And I got a cheap personal edition on Ebay. Around $30+s&h.
> 
> The only problem with most of these packages is that they will only
> do one machine, not across the network. And now with so many users
> having small networks at home this feature becomes important.
> Also if you check you will find network versions of Bru, Aracadia 
> are considerably more expensive.
> 
> That is why something like Amanda, that can handle networks, tape
> changers, parallel dumping of data to tape, etc, etc and is 
> completely free and opensource is a very good choice.

No disagreement from me. I couldn't even guarantee another version of
Bru could be found on Ebay, much less one that works across a network.
But it might be worth a look.

There's also one I used for awhile called Arkeia. It was free. Alas,
while I had it setup great on an initial installation, including
networking, after a reinstall the subsequent setup didn't work out as
well. Might have been because I shuffled some SCSI things around. I may
or may not have changed the tape drive then, too, because I did change
it sometime during that same period. BTW, it's graphical for those
wanting that interface. A plus. But might be a minus if needing to do
recovery after a crash, or doing a server with no desktop.

On a small network Bru Personal can still be made to work through shared
resources and the like. I don't think I'd even attempt it on anything
larger than 2 or 3 machines.

-- 
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