[rescue] backup software

[Steve Hatle]

> From: Kevin <kevin at mpcf.com>
> Organization: MPCF
> Reply-To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 12:38:01 -0400
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] backup software
> 
> Amanda?
> 
> /KRM

>> 
>> For the most part, I wish to have a scalable backup system that leaves
>> the actual archives in a format than can be read without the backup
>> system.

Amanda was my thought as well. Despite it's warts, it can use regular dump
or (better) tar to do it's backups, and you can get at them from the command
line on a virgin box.

Steve