Backup Documentation Help

[Aaron Kincer]

Adam,

The script is nice, but speaking from an IT Manager's perspective, this just
isn't quite what I would want.

Personally, I need a tool that offers lots of enterprise features. So far,
the backup tool I've found that seems to have the best feature set is
Bacula.

1) It has a Linux and Windows client.
2) Backup information is stored in a MySQL database which means the more
aspiring folk could create their own web interface to interact with backups.
3) It has a graphical tool that, while still under development, is very
usable in its current state.
4) It already has the ability to write to tapes.
5) It can also write to disk or any mount.
6) Backups can be encrypted from client to server.

There are just so many more I can't list them all here.

The only complaint I have is that the documentation leaves a lot to be
desired. The same can be said for a lot of projects though.

I guess if you are looking for a very simple non-enterprise backup solution,
these scripts might suffice. I'd wager for most businesses, they wouldn't be
sufficient from an overall backup strategy.

Anyone else have any other tool they think is better or have more to add
about Bacula--good or bad?

Aaron Kincer

On Dec 15, 2007 12:59 PM, Adam Sommer <asommer70 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've been working on a Backups section for the server guide.  The plan at
> this point is to give some examples of using a shell script with tar to
> create archive files on a NFS share, and using a tape drive.  There are
> three versions of the script one with a simple 7 day rotation scheme, one
> with a grandfather-father-son rotation, and one sending the data to a tape
> drive.
>
> I currently don't have access to a tape drive so I was wondering if
> someone who does could help test the script and make sure it works as
> advertised?  It would also be great to test the other scripts further as
> well.  Also, any feedback regarding the article is greatly appreciated.
>
> I've attached the html version of the current server guide, but I didn't
> include any of the CSS files, which makes things look rather plain.  If you
> want to see the guide in all it's glory you can check out the bzr repo here:
> https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-doc/ubuntu-doc/ubuntu-hardy<https://code.edge.launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-core-doc/ubuntu-doc/ubuntu-hardy>.
>
>
> Thanks all.
>
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