On 09/16/10 10:34, Kevin Thorpe wrote:
Hi all,
We have a bit of a problem with backups. We've been using bacula to tape and now trying to disk but it's a complete nightmare as regards tape management. The backup to file storage went ok for ages and now is stuck 'waiting for max storage jobs' which is odd as that's set to 20 and it's the only backup running. That's totally typical of bacula.
Can anyone suggest a simple backup package for us? Essentially a single server, full backup to tape every day. We don't need tape management as we're fully capable of reading the written label on the tape ourselves.
Do you need tape backups? If not, consider automatic backups to HDD storage. For disaster recovery you can use a USB drive to take offsite. Or an e-sata drive in a hot swappable raid setup. Exchange once a day and bring it off-site. Or get some online backup storage to create an off-site mirror. I use good old dump with LVM snapshots to make daily consistent backups (works only for ext2/3 fs). Since it's fully automated, I only have to check the backup disk usage. Even there I automate the removal of old daily backups.
Theo