[CentOS] Backup PC or other solution

[Valeri Galtsev]

On Wed, May 6, 2015 2:46 pm, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> Alessandro Baggi wrote:
>> I list,
>> I'm new with backup ops and I'm searching a good system to accomplish
>> this
>> work. I know that on centos there are  bacula and amanda but they are
>> too
>> tape oriented. Another is that they are very powerfull but more complex.
>> I
>> need a solution for small office for disk storage and I found Backup PC.
>> Many people say that it is great for small stuff and for great number of
>> data.
>>
>> What do you mean about Backup PC?
>> Any experiences?
>> What solution do you use?
>
> Les, who I'm sure will hop in, likes it. We have a home-grown system that
> automates rsync.
>

My assistant liked backuppc. It is OK and will do decent job for really
small number of machines (thinking 3-4 IMHO). I run bacula which has close
to a hundred of clients; all is stored in files on RAID units, no tapes.
Once you configure it it is nice. But to make a configuration work for the
first time is really challenging (says one who still managed to configure
it ;-)

Good luck!

Valeri

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Valeri Galtsev
Sr System Administrator
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
Phone: 773-702-4247
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