Arkeia is a rather nice backup program. It's not nearly as complicated as amanda and allows one to do multiple writes on the same tape, which I like. >>>>> "SJ" == Scot Jenkins <scot+tcluggen at thinkunix.net> writes: SJ> pjcrump at bitstream.net wrote: >> I have a friend of mine who has a choice of 2 different tape drives to use for >> backups w/ linux (RH Server), he has either a LT 20/40 drive or an >> LTO 100/200 drive. The question is which one should he use (and why). >> Also, any suggestions for OpenSrc backup utils? SJ> can't comment on the drive choice but as far as backup software I prefer SJ> tar and dump. They're simple and they just work. I have a home brew SJ> script that I run that calls dump(8) to dump filesystems to disk over SJ> and NFS mount. Then once/wk I tar the /backup directory out to a DDS-2 SJ> tape. I'm only backing up a couple systems at home but this works for SJ> me and is simple to administer. SJ> I've used Amanda for a past employer. It works but is very complicated SJ> to setup. It has some advantages that it will try to stream to tapes SJ> and maximize space on each tape, etc, but there's a downside: SJ> Server A just crash, which backup tape has the last full backup from SJ> which I can restore the entire system quickly? With Amanda, (at least SJ> in the setup we had, where it maximized tape space), the various SJ> filesystems from Server A where put on many tapes and at many different SJ> places on those tapes, depending on what day each filesystem was backed SJ> up. To me, this would be an administrative nightmare if I ever had to SJ> do a complete restore of a system. SJ> that's my $0.02. SJ> -- SJ> scot SJ> _______________________________________________ SJ> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota SJ> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org SJ> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe | jpschewe at mtu.net For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list