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Amanda is the most popular open source backup and recovery software in the world, protecting more than half a million servers and desktops running various versions of Linux, UNIX, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Amanda allows system administrators to set up a centralized backup server to back up multiple hosts to a tape- or disk-based storage system. Amanda development community espouses a relatively conservative development philosophy, which is a must-have feature for backup software! Amanda 2.6.0 was released on April 1st 2008 (no this is not a joke!). Amanda 2.6.0 represents a huge step forward in Amanda's evolution - improving ease of installation and configuration, security, and scalability. Furthermore, this release makes Amanda a platform to develop advanced backup and archiving applications and makes it easier for developers to contribute significant functionality.

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