I really should have given more details in my posting. I've already done my homework and checked out Amanda and BackupPC. BackupPC seems to really lack in documentation, hence, you can pretty quickly hit a wall during implementation unless you have the time to go down the hit-n-try route. Amanda might be the right answer but doesn't have a management interface. Someone suggested Bacula which I'll try out tomorrow.
A Sean Craig - Snr Solutions Consultant - enigmatis wrote: > > Hi, > > I did a quick google and found 2 main references for Amanda: > > http://www.amanda.org/ Seems to be part of the original project > http://amanda.zmanda.com/ Seems to be a supported (and improved?) > version. This site has a community (free) and supported enterprise > version. It would also appear that they have developed an agent (push?) > > Haven't got the time to check it out - maybe you can report back what > you find...... > > > Regards > > Sean > > > Akshay Lamba wrote: >> Sean Craig - Snr Solutions Consultant - enigmatis wrote: >> >>> Most backup systems are push-based for efficiency. One example of >>> this is to compress, or encrypt backup data before sending across the >>> network to the backup server. You can't do this with a pull solution. >>> >>> A second example is where SAN-attached servers should backup data >>> directly to the SAN-attached tape library. Again, can't be done with >>> a pull solution. >>> >>> Something like AMANDA is pull-based, but extremely inefficient, >>> especially if you have large data sets. >>> >>> I___________________________________ >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks Sean. How about OSS push based backup solutions? Preferably a >> client-server architecture. >> >> Regards, >> Akshay >> >> >> >> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dubailug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
