On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, alfred wrote: > Anyone have an opinion on backup software for a small network of Suse > systems - mostly workstations - one "real" server - Raid 5 etc ... The > server will have a DLT drive. > > Arkeia ? BRU? Any other options? Short learning curve/ease of use > preferred so I can have less Command Line inclined people run this for me > :)
for that size of network, i still think amanda takes some beating. for backups, it's pretty much completely automated: as long as your CLI-challenged peops can read email and change tapes, they can feed and care for amanda. for restores, it's a bit trickier, it must be confessed. do you have a clear idea whether you're doing moron backups or disaster backups (ie, will you be spooling three tapes a day to recover the oh-so-vital .sxw file that HR just accidentally deleted, or will you be spooling three tapes a year when some stupid database goes spare and eats itself, or the RAID-5 helpfully fails two discs in ten minutes)? > Also on the LAN are several Win2k Servers, e.g an Eexchange server & one > machine is running the authentication and PVC stuff - bonus points for a > solution that allows me to also backup the sales guys' windows laptop... > Will mount those drives over samba .. amanda can do this, using exactly that technology. -- Tom Yates - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.teaparty.net --- Send mail for the `bblisa' mailing list to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Mail administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
