Re: dump or Legato Networker?

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 03:41:09PM -0500, Scott Ehrlich wrote: 
> I'm currently using dump for backups and am happy with it.  Haven't tried 
> to restore yet, but a long-time colleague/admin swears by dump/restore - 

Danger Will Robinson! Danger! 

If you haven't tested the restore system, it does not work. 

And nobody cares about backups, only restores. 

> and the tools are free, come with linux distros,and have community support. 

> I am aware that Legato can be used to help integrate with databases, 
> Exchange, etc with special addons.  But for general filesystem 
> preservation... dump or Legato.   Let's put money aside for now and just 
> consider overall integrity of files and filesystems. 

Amanda can do pretty much everything Legato can do, but you will 
have to write some scripts yourself. For example, if you want to 
dump an Oracle database, it is much better to have your DBA tell 
you the best method for your situation on a per Oracle-version 
basis -- 8 has better methods than 7, 10 has much better methods 
than 8... 
For a MySQL database, use the MySQL tools. Repeat as necessary for 
Postgres, etc. 

Legato is good to have on your resume... if you want to work 
with Legato in the future, that is. 

Different situations require different methods, but a 
combination of Amanda, rsync and custom scripts can handle 
anything. 

-dsr- 

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Tyranny is something that creeps up on you. 

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