[ILUG] Backup Solutions.

From: Mark Kilmartin (mrk at domain renre-europe.com)
Date: Fri 31 Aug 2001 - 18:00:06 IST


OK I have done some research into this so I'm not just shooting of a
random question without doing any research of my own.

But I would like some more input.

And hopefully somebody can prove me wrong on one or two points.

This is our requirments.

A solution that supports multiple platforms.
Windows NT/2000 , Linux

Has a nice GUI for doing restores and preferable backups as well.
The GUI should be able to be run on Windows/Web.

Easily increase the space we are backing up onto.

Full/Incramental backups.

Does backups onto disk as apposed to tapes.

This app will have to be used by windows people with little to no Linux
experience therefor the need for a nice GUI.

These are the solutions I have looked at including the proc and cons as
far as I see them.

ARCserve:
PROS: We already use it/have licenses, works with all the clients we
need.
CONS: Only backups to tapes.

BRUpro:
PROS: Works with the clients we need, has a web interface.
CONS: Only backups to tapes.

Arkeia:
PROS: Works with all our clients, can backup to disk, GUI
CONS: No experience.

SAMBA(our own cobled together solution)
PROS: Some experience, open-source
CONS: everything to be backuped needs to be shared, no GUI, you lose NT
permissions.

Amanda:
PROS: open-source
CONS: Same as SAMBA.

If anybody can help I would be grateful.

MArk



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