I previously worked at Florida International University in the Computer Science 
department. We used amanda to back up the entire dept network which was several 
hundred gigs. With a little reading, testing, and patience, you can get better 
results 
from amanda than from a veritas system, IMHO.

Robert H.


On 13 Mar 2003 at 21:34, Eric.Doutreleau AT int-evry DOT fr wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> 
> We are a french university and we use amanda to backup our unix system.
> 
> here is our configuration.
> 
> library DLT1 with 10 slots
> 650Go of backup with 70 hosts
> our server is a dell poweredge 1650 with a Gigabit Card.
> 
> 
> 
> > Can anyone tell me if they use amanda and are a large commercial company
> > (> 250 employees), a hospital or a university and if so how much it's
> > used (whole institution, small department, single server etc). How many
> > Gb do you back up (don't answer that if you feel its confidential, or
> > you don't know). 
> > 
> > I don't work in computer support but are aware there is a talk of buying
> > a Veritas backup package at academic discount (around 800 UK pounds or
> > $1300). I wanted to know if amanda would be a viable option. I guess
> > there are going to be issues bought up about support, stability, the
> > importance of backups etc. I'd like to know of big organistations using
> > the software and if they have compared it to Veritas. 
> > 
> > I looked at using amanda once for my home computer (Sun Ultra 80, about
> > 200 Gb of disk space over 4/5 drives, 40 Gb tape drive), but decided
> > that for such a small system, a couple of unix shell scripts run by cron
> > was all I needed, so never bothered using amanda. I know shell scripts
> > are currently used here but we intend expanding the disk space by quite
> > a lot. 
> > 
> > So basically:
> > a) I know little about amanda
> > b) Have no intention of using it myself for my home computer, but wonder
> > if its a variable option in a university department (~100 staff).
> > 
> > 
> > Dr. David Kirkby PhD,
> > Senior Research Fellow,
> > Department of Medical Physics,
> > University College London,
> > 11-20 Capper St, London, WC1E 6JA.
> > Tel: 020 7679 6408 Fax: 020 7679 6269
> > Internal telephone: ext 46408
> > e-mail davek AT medphys.ucl.ac DOT uk  
> > Web page: http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/~davek
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Eric Doutreleau
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> 
> 

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