[rescue] backup software

[Phil Stracchino]

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:36:47PM -0400, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> amanda ?
> 
> Doesn't it write the tapes in tar format ?
> 
> I've not used it... looked into it a few times, and there were some
> things I liked about the way it did things...
> 
> Wonder how it compares to Bacula ?

It's very different.  Bacula gives you very fine-grained control over
specifically what is backed up to what, when, and how often.  Amanda,
from my understanding, gives you very little.


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