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Freeware alternative to NetWorker
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| UNIX admin 2004-05-30, 11:11 am |
| Hello everyone,
I'm looking for the freeware alternative to Legato NetWorker. Most
important features:
- ability to manipulate tape libraries / jukeboxes
- ability to stream data from multiple clients onto multiple drives in the
jukebox -- simultaneously
- ability to define tape pools and backup groups
Which alternatives should I consider, for example, is Amanda worth looking
at, and does it have any of the above required functionality?
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| Joshua Baker-LePain 2004-05-30, 11:11 am |
| In article <40ab1505$0$715$5402220f@news.sunrise.ch>, UNIX admin wrote:
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> - ability to manipulate tape libraries / jukeboxes
> - ability to stream data from multiple clients onto multiple drives in the
> jukebox -- simultaneously
> - ability to define tape pools and backup groups
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Amanda can definitely do 1 and 2 above. I'm not sure exactly what 3 means,
so I can't comment. I currently use amanda to backup 5.5TB of formatted
space to an Overland LibPro loader with 2 AIT3 drives. I run two
configs simultaneously, one for each drive. It has always worked very
well for me.
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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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| UNIX admin wrote:
> Which alternatives should I consider, for example, is Amanda worth looking
> at, and does it have any of the above required functionality?
You could also look at Bacula, http://www.bacula.org/. Not tht I ever
used it...
Thomas
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| UNIX admin 2004-05-30, 11:11 am |
| > You could also look at Bacula, http://www.bacula.org/. Not tht I ever
> used it...
While the description of Amanda's capabilities and features seems pretty
slim, Bacula seems to be what I'm looking for. I'll definitely be checking
it out, if I can get it to compile. Thanks.
While I'm at it, anybody else have any suggestions on software I should try,
while I'm still in the eval phase?
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