Recommendations for Commercial Backup packages?

Dan Coutu coutu at snowy-owl.com
Mon Dec 8 13:10:44 EST 2003


I've got a client with a lame backup package that just isn't proving to 
be able to do disaster recovery.
They have a RH Linux 9 server setup as the backup server and need to be 
able to backup another
Linux server and a Windows server all onto a single SCSI tape drive. The 
solution must be capable of
fully restoring all three systems to a brand new empty disk drive 
without having to first install the O/S.

I'm investigating Arkeia and NovaNet so far, other suggestions are 
welcome. BRU has been ruled out
because it can't handle the Windows backup. Also note that remote 
backups over the net are also not
going to fly. The backup data has to go onto tape.

Thanks for any hints, tips, war stories, etc. I'll summarize the 
findings and the choice along with the
reasoning for the choice so that everyone else can benefit from this 
process.

Thanks,

Dan




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