On 9/16/2010 3:34 AM, 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.
Not sure of a package - we use rsync and scripts - but you should consider what we do: an external eSATA dock, and a number of inexpensive SATA drives. It *will* speed up the backups, and recoveries, should you need them.
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