[Cialug] Bacula is my new friend

[Jonathan C. Bailey]

We tried it here, but it seems to have an issue when you're backing up tons of files (thousands - ~500GB worth). The database would grow to 60GB+ and usually end up corrupting itself..

Jonathan Bailey
Webmaster, Marshall County, Iowa
E: jbailey at co.marshall.ia.us
A: 1 E Main St, Marshalltown, IA 50158

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan C. Smith" <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 10:15:11 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: [Cialug] Bacula is my new friend


http://www.bacula.org

I just wanted to say, that Bacula really seems to be working out well for
networked backup of both Windows and Linux Machines.  (/me makes note to go
try OSX).

It has a super-steep learning curve (IMHO) but once you dig in it is very
capable software.  I was at the disadvantage of not understanding linux tape
devices etc. as well.  It probably lacks some enterprise-type features -
like deduplication and HSM but I think it serves the needs of our company
OK.

Anyway, if you are looking for a capable (albeit, not completely friendly)
network backup system you should check out Bacula.

Dave asked me to talk about Bacula at a meeting, but I haven't been able to
drag my lazy bones to one in a while.

-Nate
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