Kam Salisbury on Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:42:19 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Good Tape Backup Software?


Chris, I have been using pax for the server's file system on Redhat 7.3 with
some sucess. I have Amanda setup for workstation backups but still have yet
to get it to work right.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "W. Chris Shank" <chris.shank@acetechgroup.com>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 10:05 AM
Subject: [PLUG] Good Tape Backup Software?


> I need to find good and easy to use tape backup software for linux (RH7.2)
> and a TRAVAN 20G IDE tapedrive. Currently, I'm using a simple script that
> tar.gz's and dumps to tape. However, it is very difficult to 1) ensure
> that all the stuff is getting on the tape 2) retrieving subsets of data
> from the tape. I looked in the Arkei free version, but it seems to only
> work with SCSI tapes. Does anyone know if it works with IDE tapes? What
> other good options are out there? The software does't have to be free, but
> it needs to be VERY reasonably priced. Your experiences, thoughts, and
> suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Chris
>
>
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