[mdlug] Periodic backup software (dis)recommendations

[Michael ORourke]

I implemented Amanda and have a dedicated drive that is configured with 50 
virtual tapes.  I arbitrarily choose 50 vtapes, not knowing exactly how much 
space was going to be needed for a full cycle of backups (I probably could 
have done a reasonably close calculation).  After running for about a year, 
the overall disk space utilitization averages 15%.  So I could easily bump 
up the number of vtapes to 200 without much worry.  But it don't seem to get 
any requests to restore files past 30 days, so I figure might as well leave 
it at 50.  And I have to say, dealing with vtapes is a LOT easier than real 
tapes.  But a bit more difficult to take off site.  :-)  Hmmm... maybe I 
should incorporate some removable media to synchronize with the latest full 
backup on a weekly basis that could be taken off site.  We have a fairly 
slow Internet pipe, so using an Internet based backup solution probably 
won't work.

-Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Robert Meier" <list1c30fe42 at bellsouth.net>
To: "MDLUG's Main discussion list" <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 5:45 PM
Subject: [mdlug] Periodic backup software (dis)recommendations


> Data Specialists,
>
> I'm configuring a new computer, and now is the time to consider
> backup strategy.
>
> What tools and/or features do you (dis)recommend?
>
>
>
> In the past, I used cprcdr because of the following features.
>   o scriptable map of live namespace to cd
>   o ls -R index of each cd retained and searchable in live space
>
> TIA,
> --
> Bob
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