CLI "Tape" backup utilities???

[ian at crystal.harvard.edu (Ian Levesque)]

On Jan 8, 2007, at 3:37 PM, R. Mariotti wrote:

> In the past I've been using Storix for my backup suite with  
> reasonably good results.  But, I would like something that is a  
> little more portable and can be run from the command line to both  
> make, view and restore the tapes.
>
> I am aware of the usual array of available "linux" facilities  
> (amanda, arkeia, etc) but I am curious as to what others may be  
> using for this purpose.

I highly recommend Bacula, which has served our purposes quite well.  
We back up over a dozen terabytes with bacula, connected to a tape  
autochanger. It took some time to set up (its feature set is deep,  
and documentation is abundant) but once I got it up and running, I've  
been very happy with it. Simpler requirements (single tape drive vs  
autochanger, or even disk-to-disk) will be even easier to implement.


> Ease and reliability are my main concern.  Oh, and did I mention  
> Free?  Honestly, I am willing to pay if the product/utility is  
> worth it.  But few of them really are.

It's all three (though 'ease' is relative, of course). All  
administration is done via the CLI, but development is underway for a  
proper GUI frontend.

Another good product (non-free) that has a rich CLI and good Linux  
support is BRU.

Cheers,
Ian




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