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AMANDA Survey Results - 2 of 6 - Servers and Clients

2003-05-23 16:04:43
Subject: AMANDA Survey Results - 2 of 6 - Servers and Clients
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 13:46:17 -0400
In April 2003, readers of the amanda-user mailing list were asked
fill out and submit a survey form describing their use of the
amanda backup system.  Seventy two (72) responses were received.

What follows is a summarization of the responses describing the
amanda servers and clients at organizations using amanda.



AMANDA SERVERS


Number of AMANDA Servers

     1  Server    53
     2  Servers   11
     3  Servers    5
     5  Servers    1
     6  Servers    1
     7  Servers    1


Operating Systems Running on AMANDA Server Hosts

  FreeBSD: Total 10, including          Tru64: Total 4, including
     2  4-STABLE                           2  5.1
     1  4.7
     1  4x                              Linux: Total 48, including
                                          13  Debian Total
  HP-UX: Total 2, including                     1  2.4
     1  10.20                                   2  3.0
     1  11.00                                   3  Woody
                                          14  RedHat Total
  Irix: Total 2, including                      1  6.2
     1  6.5                                     2  7.1
                                                1  7.2
  SCO Openserver: Total 1, including            6  7.3
     1  5.0.6                                   3  8.0
                                                1  8.0 with RHNet kernel
  Solaris: Total 14, including             1  Slackware Total
     5  8                                       1  7
     1  8 x86                              3  SuSE Total
     3  9                                       2  8.1


AMANDA Versions Run on Server Hosts

   2.4.1: Total 2, including
      1  2.4.1p1

   2.4.2: Total 33, including
      1  2.4.2p1
     28  2.4.2p2

   2.4.3: Total 21, including
      1  2.4.3b2
      1  2.4.3b3
      2  2.4.3b4

   2.4.4: Total 21, including
      2  2.4.4-20030415
      1  2.4.4-20030426


[Surveyor's Note]  The percentage of older versions surprised me.
Shouldn't have as I just upgraded 2 months ago.  If it works why fix it?



AMANDA CLIENTS


Number of AMANDA Clients

     client    num.
      hosts   sites
         1       4
         2       5
         3       6
         4       6
         5       7
      6-10      12
     11-20      13
     21-30      12
     31-50       5
     61-70       4


Operating Systems Run on AMANDA Clients
  (mentions, not number of hosts)

AIX, total 4, including             Linux (all variants), 86 total including
     1  4                              Debian, 17 total
                                           1  2.2
Darwin, total 1                            1  2.4
                                           2  3.0
FreeBSD total 17, including                1  potato
     1  2.2.5                              2  sarge
     1  3.2                                1  sid
     1  3.3                                1  stable
     1  3.4                                2  woody
     2  4-STABLE                       Mandrake, 1 total
     1  4.1                                1  8
     1  4.7                            RedHat, 26 total
     1  5.0                                1  5.0
                                           1  6.0
HP-UX, 8 total, including                  2  6.2
     1  10                                 1  6.2 Alpha
     2  10.20                              2  6.2 Sparc
     3  11                                 3  7.1
                                           2  7.2
Irix, 8 total, including                   4  7.3
     3  6.5                                5  8.0
     1  6.5 MIPS                           1  9
                                       Slackware, 3 total
MacOS X, 6 total, including                2  7.0
     1  10.1 PowerPC                       1  8.1
     1  10.2 PowerPC                   SuSe, 4 total
                                           2  8.1
NetBSD, 1 total, including             Yellowdog, 1 total
     1  1.6                                1  2.3 PowerPC

OpenBSD, 1 total, including         Tru64, 8 total, including
     1  3.2                              1  4.0 Alpha
                                         1  5.1
Snap, 1 total
                                    Windows, 22 total, including
Solaris, 39 total, including             1  95
     2  2.5                              2  98
     2  2.6                              4  NT
     5  7                                1  NT 4 server
    11  8                                7  2000
     4  9                                3  XP
     3  8 x86
     1  9 x86

SunOS, 1 total, including
     1 SunOS 4.1.4



AMANDA Versions of Run on Client Hosts

   2.4.1, 4 total, including
         3  2.4.1p1

   2.4.2, 42 total, including
         1  2.4.2p1
        33  2.4.2p2

   2.4.3, 30 total, including
         1  2.4.3b2
         1  2.4.3b3
         1  2.4.3b4

   2.4.4, 25 total, including
         2  2.4.4-20030415
         1  2.4.4-20030426
         1  2.4.4b1



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