[ILUG] Backup - pick your brains

[Sam Johnston]

Have you tried BackupPC?

Sam

On 11/9/06, Paschal Nee <pnee at toombeola.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at a backup solutions for the office (mix of Windows
> desktops/laptops and Linux boxes).  Amanda is the backup solution I'm
> aware of from days gone by.  Is anybody on list using Amanda in anger
> in a similar setup?  Anything I should be aware of?
>
> Anything else I should be looking at?  Not averse to putting my hand
> in my pocket if  there's something out there that would make my life a
> lot easier (we also had ArcServe at one point).  If you're
> particularly proud of how you manage backups, please do share.
>
> On the backed what are people using for storage - tape, DVD, removable
> disk, online, (any thing else?).  Online appeals to me (one less thing
> to think about) but the amount of data going over the net would worry
> me (esp in the case where we wanted to do a restore).
>
> And finally - anybody using these zmanda.com for support..  I know the
> idea of paying somebody for support would be anathema for most of you
> guys but until we get a full time sysadmin it's an option I might
> consider (depending on how easy the whole Amanda thing is).
>
> Thanks,
> Paschal.
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