[ale] open source backup solutions

[Gary S MacKay]

I know you said 'Open Source', but in case you don't find anything, check
out TapeWare from Yosemite. It is the best backup by far that I've found.
They have Linux,Novell, and NT versions and not only that, but they are as
close to pixel for pixel exact (between platforms) as you can get. I
purchased BRU commercial and used it for a year or so. It was nice but would
not do "seek" restores. Restores took as long as the backup did. (hours).
Tapeware installed without a hitch, restores files (same drive/server/etc.)
in a few seconds, has a WinXX front end to administer it from, isn't any
more expensive than Veritas or BRU.

Side Note: Tapeware is now the software that HP packages with all of their
tape drives, not Veritas anymore.

- Gary


----- Original Message -----
From: "Les Neste" <lesneste at atlnewmedia.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:42 PM
Subject: [ale] open source backup solutions


> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a recommendation for an open source backup tool.  Has
> anyone had a good experience and/or bad experience worth telling about?
>
> Basically what I'm looking for is something that'll pretend one of my hard
> drives is a tape backup and just archive to it.  obviously, tar comes to
> mind ... but I'm wondering if anyone has used something that's superior.
> being able to back up files from windows clients across TCP/IP is nice
too.
>  a UI that lets me specify what and when to back up would be valuable.
>
> TIA.
>
>
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