Scott> Amanda is a free option, but I also know many people highly Scott> recommend legato. What are insights from this list? Scott> Obviously, amanda is free (wrt redhat support), and legato Scott> costs a lot more, but it would be paid-for support from EMC.
Scott> From the operational and support perspectives, what are the Scott> list's recommendations? Don't forget Bacula as well, very actively supported and does a good job. Now, I use bacula at home, and Legato at work. I've used Legato for about 11+ years now, and I like some of it's features alot. Other features not so much. Oh yeah, don't forget Veritsa Netbackup, which might be available on Linux. I personally don't like it's interface, but that's just me. Anyway, Legato. Pros: - very mature product - supports lots and lots of drives and libraries - you can get vendor support. Sorta. :] - active mailing list for support too - I love the CLI tools for managing my backups. I don't like CLIs very much. - The 'nsrwatch' command is great for watching what backups are doing. Think 'top' for backups. - There are CLI and GUI end user tools for doing restores and archives, so you don't have to do them yourself, just have your user's do them if you like. Cons: - pricy - baroque licensing scheme, dependent on bunchs of features. - can be tempermental - no source, so if you have problems, you can't fix them yourself. - did I say expensive yet? :] It's late, and my kid is screaming and not going to sleep, so I'll write more later when I've got some more time. _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
