Backup software

[Cole Tuininga]

I'm in the process of setting up a system that will need to do local
data backup to tape.  My immediate reaction was that I probably wanted
to use Amanda, since the client is interested in going with an open
source solution.  Having not played with tapes in over 6 years, I'm
looking to folks on the list for suggestions and/or help before I go too
far down any one particular path.

Is Amanda going to be overkill for backing up just a single system?  The
tape drive is a Sony AIT drive - is this going to be a pain to configure
with Amanda?  Is there another piece of software I should look at
instead?  Would just a plain 'ole tar with a little bit of shell
scripting suffice?

Experiences, anecdotes, diatribes, etc all happily accepted.  8)

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 lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of
 their C programs."  --  Robert Firth

Cole Tuininga
Lead Developer
Code Energy, Inc
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