Slightly OT: Backing Up

[Les Mikesell]

On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 17:35, Brian D. McGrew wrote:
> Some advice if you will ...
> 
> I've got about a dozen Linux servers and a dozen Windows servers with
> about a hundred clients running Unix and Windows.  I've got a Qualstar
> library with two drives and 44 slots.  All total, about 2TB of data!
> 
> What would you recommend as the best software to backup a network like
> this?  We've just flat outgrown Vertias Backup Exec and I'm seeking the
> advice of others for where to turn to next!

If there is a lot of duplication and compressible files you might
make backuppc (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/) work for on-disk
backups.  It is extremely handy and you might split off part of
the machines to back up that way even if you still need some on
tape.  Backula (http://www.bacula.org/) looks better suited to
tapes but I have not tried it yet.

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  Les Mikesell
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