I use Veritas Netbackup. My only complaint would be that it is expensive. It is very robust, easy to use, can be configured from the server or any client. Has support for multiple tape drives, backup over fibre capabilities, and backup clients for nearly every OS out there. I use a Quantum M2500 which holds a total of 6 drives and 10 TB. I use HP Ultrium LTO-1 drives but Veritas supports nearly everything including DLT, SDLT, LTO-1&2, and a bunch of others. I run an EMC CLARiiON SAN with the Snapview plugin that backups up across the fibre without putting any traffic on my network. All in all I don't think you could find a better, more scalable, easier to manage solution. My 2 cents. Regards, Drew -----Original Message----- From: Jason Dale [mailto:redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:44 AM To: Psyche list Cc: Shrike list Subject: Linux commercial backup solution Hi, I know this is actually an Enterprise Linux question, but I am not receiving a response anywhere else. I am looking for an excellent hardware and software tape backup solution for Red Hat linux that can be ideal for server specs similar to those below: * Compaq 360 G3 (2Gig Memory, 2 * 3GB Processors, 2 * 18 GB Disk Drives) * Compaq 7000 (1 Gig Memory, 2-4 Processors, RAID-5 Hotswappable Disk Bay with up to 9 disk slots.) In otherwords, the "best" tape drive (storage size can vary) combined with the "best" software package that has the following: - An EASY TO USE GUI interface - support for most tape drives - Highly customizeable: full to incremental backups, promtps users for tapes, etc. - Can support backup and restore to and from archives. - Can support backups to hard drives local and/or network hard drives and SMB share locations. Must be able to restore from these locations This must be a commercial hardware and software recommendation, because we need the support, ease of use, stability, etc. This stuff will be used on a platinum mine, and we need a top-notch solution. Freeware products don't have support, and they require you to be a rocket scientist) Thanks :) Jason -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
