Bryan, You haven't mentioned Budget. So Im assuming you have something. This is my personal experience with two types where Linux was in the fold.
--Arcserve-- We use a Exabyte DLT1 Big 10Tape 40/80G Tape loader. Backups up 2 tapes each week and increnetally to one or two over the week. This is hooked up to a Windows2000 box running Arcserve 2000. (or 2002, not sure) the latest anyway). We use the Linux Clients to backup our Linux Servers without hassle. It works. I hate ArcServe (and thus CA). (when it fails it's hard to work out what is wrong and hell always seems to be unleashed). Arcserve Also exists as the Server component for Linux, I haven't tested it or needed to. --Arkeia-- Native to Linux In my previous job, We used Arkeia (www.arkeia.com) Running on a RedHat 6.2 Backing up 6 Linux Servers and 2 Windows Nt 4 Servers and a Novell 4.11 Box. It again isn't cheap (for that license type) but is free for home users etc.. We had a DDS (i think) 10 Tape loader. Full backups went across 4 tapes Would have been DDS2 4/8G given the year etc. It was hard to install, hard to setup (French Canadian logic), an like a dream, and had very little issues over the 2 years we ran it (I left). I liked it, and I use it even now at home. (it's free for a certain number of users) -- Others -- I am sure there other solutions.. -- Suggestion -- With a known budget (good)... ----------------------------- Work out your 'Comptete Network Capacity' If you current Drive Capacity cannot do it all in a full backup, investigate getting a loader (either for the drive or upgrading - and yes many vendors will buy the 2nd hand drive) With an unkown (ie little) budget --------------------------------- Wor out your 'Comptete Network Capacity' and then estomate a number that you'd be comfortable at keeping it under. (ie archiving immediately if your capacity grows beyond your tape capacity) It's NOT a good way, but as we know, $$ limits us all. With your software .. ---------------------- look at the software required, will the ones you've identified support the drive, what about the loader, the platforms, licenses for OS types etc etc. (do you have to buy a seperate license to run it ?) (Arkeia asks for it) my 2 cents. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Simon Bryan > Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2002 11:59 AM > To: Slug > Subject: [SLUG] Backup systems > > > Hi all, > I now have (or will soon have) up to 180GB of user data I need to backup, > currently it is under 4GB but users have just been given much larger home > directories that I am sure they will fill, as well I am adding a 70GB drive > for curriculum resources. > > I also have several windows servers with data that needs backing up. > > At the moment the only ones being succesfully backed up are the Windows > boxes using the built in software, these are gpoing to tape (DDS), but this > is obvioulsy nowhere near enough. The total of data on the Windows systems > may get up to only around 10 -20 GB. > > My hope is to have a backup server that is doing all the work for all the > systems. I can do this under Windows with some expensive software and > hardware utilising SAMBA to get the Linux based data (could work the other > way as well). We are a school, so have a relatively large window of > opportunity for backups to take place overnight. We do have internet access > to the AUC system but most of this dies around mid-night and that is all web > based access. > > Does there exist a sutiable robust Linux system? I would imagine that most > of the bcakups would go to another HDD on another machine, and then to tape > from there. We have a 128K ISDN line which could also be utilised if needed, > but that would be last resort stuff. > > I am still relatively uninformed as to these larger backup systems processes > and problesm so would appreciate advice from anyone doing something in a > similar sized and configured system > > _________________________________________ > Simon Bryan > IT Manager > OLMC Parramata > ICQ#: 137562751 > _________________________________________ > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
