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List:       linux-390
Subject:    Re: bacula vs amanda
From:       Patrick Finnegan <pat () computer-refuge ! org>
Date:       2015-07-13 13:29:18
Message-ID: CAADZ-4MzEpe23OQeZMQXKLAsMuCrtTpO5iG-NgMekLurvw-=Xw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 7:29 AM, David Boyes <dboyes@sinenomine.net> wrote:

> > > In 2008, I looked at several options to backup the machines on my home
> > > network.  I settled on bacula, because at the time it had the most
> > > options and was the easiest to configure(from my point of view).
> > > Since that time, I've been backing up Linux clients and servers,
> > > Windows servers and OSX clients with few issues.  I run the director
> > > on a Linux server that hosts a RAID5 array for storage.
>
> To add to this, Amanda assumes that a backup for a single host will fit on
> one tape. Given the small size of a 359x tape, this assumption usually
> fails in the 390 environment. Bacula can span multiple tapes.
>

There was a tape-spanning patch introduced for Amanda 5+ years ago.  I
remember using it at work, before we mostly abandoned backups in favor of
snapshots and cross-site replication.

I use Bacula at home to do backups to my tape library. Amanda seems more
like a wrapper for tar, and Bacula seems more like an enterprise backup
solution.

I'm a bit surprised that Suse doesn't include Bacula.

Pat

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