On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: We are a french university and we use amanda to backup our unix system.
here is our configuration. library DLT1 with 10 slots 650Go of backup with 70 hosts our server is a dell poweredge 1650 with a Gigabit Card. > Can anyone tell me if they use amanda and are a large commercial company > (> 250 employees), a hospital or a university and if so how much it's > used (whole institution, small department, single server etc). How many > Gb do you back up (don't answer that if you feel its confidential, or > you don't know). > > I don't work in computer support but are aware there is a talk of buying > a Veritas backup package at academic discount (around 800 UK pounds or > $1300). I wanted to know if amanda would be a viable option. I guess > there are going to be issues bought up about support, stability, the > importance of backups etc. I'd like to know of big organistations using > the software and if they have compared it to Veritas. > > I looked at using amanda once for my home computer (Sun Ultra 80, about > 200 Gb of disk space over 4/5 drives, 40 Gb tape drive), but decided > that for such a small system, a couple of unix shell scripts run by cron > was all I needed, so never bothered using amanda. I know shell scripts > are currently used here but we intend expanding the disk space by quite > a lot. > > So basically: > a) I know little about amanda > b) Have no intention of using it myself for my home computer, but wonder > if its a variable option in a university department (~100 staff). > > > Dr. David Kirkby PhD, > Senior Research Fellow, > Department of Medical Physics, > University College London, > 11-20 Capper St, London, WC1E 6JA. > Tel: 020 7679 6408 Fax: 020 7679 6269 > Internal telephone: ext 46408 > e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web page: http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/~davek > -- Eric Doutreleau I.N.T | Tel : +33 (0) 160764687 9 rue Charles Fourier | Fax : +33 (0) 160764321 91011 Evry France | email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]