<quote who="Fran Fabrizio">
>
> I actually have no idea how this ended up in my INBOX (I presume through
> the Amanda mailing list but it doesn't look like other Amanda posts, and
> as you can see Reply All doesn't include the list) but I can comment....
Thanks Fran,
I CC'd it to the list, as I was annoyed that Amanda was overlooked, when I
know it is much better than Arkeia, as we tried it and hated it, and then
found Amanda.
We currently use Amanda for our clients to back up a lot of big oracle
servers. If that's not Enterprise, then I don't know what it.
Guys, can we have your stories too and then maybe Mike can add an update
to his article.
Gavin.
> I back up around 60GB of data nightly (as in, the amount of data moving
> nightly is 60GB - the amount of data being backed up is far greater, but
> most of each nightly backup is incrementals) from 14 different servers
> using Amanda. Everyone's definition of enterprise is different, but if
> that comes within your definition, then Amanda is certainly capable.
> And I am by no means the largest Amanda install going.
>
> Also, there's Bacula - another alternative. I did a talk last summer on
> Amanda at the Open Source Conference... I proposed an expanded version
> this year that will include Bacula. I haven't heard of Bru, I'll have
> to check that out.
>
> -Fran
>
> Gavin Henry wrote:
>
>><quote who="Mike Karp">
>>
>>
>>>Hi Gavin.
>>>Thanks for the note. Actually, I had never heard much about either of
>>>these before your note. Since then, I've refreshed my knowledge re
>>>Amanda, albeit briefly. From what I can see, based on a quick reading
>>>of the doc you pointed me to, it doesn't appear to be an industrial
>>>strength application for the enterprise - although I could certainly be
>>>wrong about that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Re:
>>http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/stor/2005/0221stor2.html?fsrc=rss-linux,
>>
>>I'd like to see the replies if you posted that to the Amanda mailing list
>> ;-)
>>
>>Actually, Amanda is very enterprise ready. It backups today some of the
>>largest networks, which many of the sys admins on the Amanda list can
>>verify.
>>
>>Gavin.
>>
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for writing, and of course, for reading my newsletter.
>>>Cheers.
>>>Mike
>>>
>>>_____________________________________
>>>Michael Karp
>>>Senior Analyst
>>>Enterprise Management Associates
>>>8 Olde Stonebridge Path
>>>Westboro, MA 01581
>>>508-366-0328
>>>
>>>mkarp AT enterprisemanagement DOT com
>>>To access the archive of my twice-weekly NetworkWorld FUSION newsletter
>>>"Storage in the Enterprise", go to http://emausa.com/storage_page.html
>>>and click on STORAGE IN THE ENTERPRISE.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Gavin Henry [mailto:ghenry AT suretecsystems DOT com]
>>>Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 5:24 PM
>>>To: Mike Karp
>>>Subject: Linux Storage Options
>>>
>>>What about Amanda:
>>>
>>>http://www.amanda.org
>>>
>>>And Bru?
>>>
>>>http://www.tolisgroup.com/
>>>
>>>--
>>>Kind Regards,
>>>
>>>Gavin Henry.
>>>Managing Director.
>>>
>>>T +44 (0) 1224 279484
>>>M +44 (0) 7930 323266
>>>F +44 (0) 1224 742001
>>>E ghenry AT suretecsystems DOT com
>>>
>>>Open Source. Open Solutions(tm).
>>>
>>>http://www.suretecsystems.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Fran Fabrizio
> Senior Systems Analyst
> Department of Computer and Information Sciences
> University of Alabama at Birmingham
> http://www.cis.uab.edu/
> 205.934.0653
>
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