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Old 06-08-2010, 10:36 PM   #1
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Amanda vs Bacula for Historical Backups


I have a client that is using a windows based backup system called Retrospect and will be installing Linux to replace his windows server. Right now the way it works is on the XP pro workstation Norton 360 makes a backup to the server and then Retrospect make it backups every night. I want to add a linux based backup system that will give them a historical backup system that had XP pro client software that can backup open files and such I can do away with the Norton backup stuff and streamline this setup. I need it to have the capability to go back in time to restore something of an older date this historical. I was looking into:

http://Bacula.org

and

http://amanda.zmanda.com/

I have never used either one and was wondering what the linux community wold recommend between the two or if there is something better that has client software and free and does it have a GUI for my clients?

I am leaning toward AMANDA after reading Jeremy's article:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...ps_with_AMANDA

and there seams to be a webadmin gui as well.

http://www.webmin.com/cgi-bin/search...?search=amanda

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Old 06-09-2010, 07:34 AM   #2
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I used to like Retrospect very much. It had been a Mac only application for over a decade and was one of the best pieces of software anywhere with the best company support anywhere. Then Dantz was bought by EMC, and the long decline began as the corporate weenies had it converted to Windows and tried to wring the maximum profit from it to the exclusion of its core values.

Anyway, that's kind of beside the point here.

I wrote a post on why I like Amanda that is getting a bit old now, but is still appropriate. There has been a lot of hard work on development since then, with major improvements in access through APIs and added functionality. The 2.6.x versions show the API additions, and the 3.1 version begins to really take advantage of those. The development team is really responsive, and Amanda is one of a relatively small portion of open source projects that received security certification from the Department of Homeland Security as a result of fixing all items flagged by automated source code scanning.

If you have any specific questions about functionality or feature sets, be sure to ask.
 
Old 06-09-2010, 08:57 AM   #3
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thanks a lot for your response and I can see that Amanda has a lot more history and support structure. In addition to that they provide a windows client software for free. I really think that it is a no brainer and Amanda I will go with.
 
Old 06-09-2010, 09:17 AM   #4
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I really think that it is a no brainer and Amanda I will go with.
AIUI, that's OK if you are prepared to pay for zmanda which has the GUI; AFAIK amanda does not. If you are looking for FOSS then Bacula has a GUI (Bat) that can, inter alia, be used interactively on WXP select files to restore. That was a clincher when I was deciding between amanda and Bacula, along with amanda's use of WXP administrative shares to access WXP file systems whereas Bacula has a WXP service to do so.
 
Old 06-15-2010, 06:51 PM   #5
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I was browsing around webmin addons and it looks like there is a GUI for amanda:

http://www.webmin.com/cgi-bin/search...?search=amanda

I think it is a beta version.
 
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I was browsing around webmin addons and it looks like there is a GUI for amanda:

http://www.webmin.com/cgi-bin/search...?search=amanda

I think it is a beta version.
Webmin sucks and is an insecure way of administrating your machine/server. If you really depend on a GUI to do your work, try to go with an application that builds their own, like Bacula in this case for backup software.
 
  


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