On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
>> There are also commercial programs which support Linux... ARCServe
>
> <shiver>
Hey, I didn't say I was *endorsing* any of these commercial programs. :-)
Personally, I rate ARCserve somewhere slightly below "Maggot Puke" on my list
of things I like to work with. But hey, it is a popular product, and supports
Linux, so I figured I'd mention it.
Since I'm weighing in with opinions now...
I've seen BRU, and on the whole, I wasn't too terribly impressed by it. It
struck me as a really, really overgrown version of "tar", minus the open
format. Ho hum.
Arkeia has a nice web site, and the screen shots look pretty slick, but I've
never actually used their product, so ... :-)
NovaNET I have used, and have been fairly happy with. The GUI runs natively
on Linux/X11, has lots of pretty icons and buttons and things, and is actually
pretty usable, as such things go. The backup engine itself is fairly
powerful, and supports tape changers out of the box. They use a propriatary
backup format, unfortunately, but so do all the other commercial products,
AFAIK. It actually has real access control features (accounts, permissions,
and such) in the backup system, which is a refreshing change from the typical
"all or nothing" approach most systems use. Their tech support is free. It
runs on Linux, Windoze, and even NetWare. And their prices are very
competivie (although, when your competition is Veritas Backup Exec, that isn't
hard). All in all, if you're looking for an "easy to use", commercial,
network backup product that works on Linux, I would recommend NovaNET. From
NovaStor Corp (http://www.novastor.com). And no, I don't work for them. :-)
For most of our systems, though, we use GNU tar, with a short, home-grown
script run from cron. KISS. :-)
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