RE: Frontend , UI for amanda ?
2003-03-31 20:43:44
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 14:00, Thomas Hu wrote:
> Amanda is client-server based product. This means, while its client
> might be in "bare" OS, amanda server is not. The server has to be fully
> functioning to provide the data recovering/restoring service.
More heretical musings :-)
More and more, as my servers improve in horsepower, I'm moving from
command-line minimalist environments to GUI. I mean, having X sitting
there doing nothing takes a pretty light toll on a 3GHZ server with 1GB
or more DDR...
Much of my day-to-day admin *is* in fact done via SSH and a console
window, but when I go to the server-room, it's a lot friendlier and
nicer to have a full-blown GUI... Indeed, there are times I Ctrl-Alt-F2
to a console view, as an option.
Imagine having a GUI view, when the heat's on, to drag-and-drop restore
a user's files. Imagine having a graphical tool to show you clients,
directories, scheduled times, etc. Kind of like a commercial Windows
backup tool, except that it works :-)
> I am not initiating a fire. Forgive me if it would irritate some of you.
I am not intending to diminish the huge efforts of the Amanda
developers either... it must be a good tool - I'm using it both at home
and at work.
But I am looking at Bacula now also...
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