Backup Software

[Richard Meeker]

My personal favorite is Novastor's Novenet.  It's fairly easy and
intuitive, and you can actually setup linux servers as backup servers
unlike Veritas, and Legato.

> I'm looking for some backup software to go with my recently acquired
> (via e-bay) Quantum DLT-4700 tape library.  I want to backup my
> "personal data-center", which is currently 4 linux 'net servers (web,
> email, &c), a couple of linux workstations, and a couple of Win2K/NT
> machines.
>
> The main features I'm looking for include:
>
> - Support for my 7 tape DLT4700 Library :)
>
> - The ability to backup additional linux (and possibly Win2K/NT) boxes
> over the network
>
> - Some form of built-in tape rotation (ie if I forget to pull the tapes
> from the library, my monthly/yearly backup won't be over written by
> today's daily incremental backup), preferably supporting multiple
> rotation groups (ie daily, weekly, monthly).
>
> I'm not against using free tools, but last I checked, AMANDA didn't
> have real good support for libraries and automatic tape rotations, and
> given the importance of backups, I'm willing to pay some money to get a
> good solution, if necessary.
>
> I'm currently leaning towards Arkeia, but am still researching.  BRU
> doesn't look like it handles windows clients that well, and while I
> used to *LOVE* ArcServe (running on Novell 3.12), my recent experience
> with ArcServe on NT/2K has been "less than pleasant" (and they only
> have a linux client...I want to hook the tape drive to a linux box).
>
> So...any personal experience (good or bad) with various packages, or is
> it time to start downloading evaluation copies and playing guinea-pig?
> :-)
>
> Oh...one other feature that would be totally cool:  Can files be
> scanned for viruses when backing up?  This used to work pretty well on
> ArcServe/Novell (broken on ArcServe/2K because I'm not running 2K
> advanced server, so the virus scanner won't install) and it saved my
> butt a couple of times, catching infections before they spread too
> far...
>
> Charles Steinkuehler
> charles at steinkuehler.net
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