Hi, We use commercially available BRU (http://www.tolisgroup.com) which has worked out for us on our large file server (8.5 million files, 1.2 TB) backing up to a Dell PVT132 LTO2 Tape Changer. We're running it on MacOS X Server but I know it is available for a number of platforms. The OS X GUI version has some wierd quirks but it seems to work once you get the hang of setting it up. I haven't looked at it on other platforms so I can't comment on it's useability there.
It's also worth noting that we have not yet encountered the catastrophe (knock on wood) that would cause us to have do a real-life restore from tape so I can't comment on that part of it either. (As it stands we'd have to have an environmental catastrophe to bring us to that point). All of our tests seemed to indicate that we can rely on it. Thanks, Rich. On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:47:39 -0400 > From: "John Stoffel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [BBLISA] Tape backup program for Debian? > To: Scott Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Scott> I just installed the Sarge stable distribution of Debian on it > Scott> and am looking for recommendations for a tape backup > Scott> package/method. > > Try Bacula, www.bacula.org, and you can even do an 'apt-get' of the > tool, it's in Debian. Pretty good software. The nice thing is that > it can span backups across tapes, which Amanda (at my last look) > couldn't do. > > It's got it's quirks, and I don't like the reports and some of the > user interface, but it's been working quite nicely at home with a > single DLT tape drive. > > John > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > End of bblisa Digest, Vol 19, Issue 8 > ************************************* > _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
