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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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 th
e
> jukebox -- simultaneously
> - ability to define tape pools and backup groups
>
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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> 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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