Zmanda, Inc. introduced recently the first business-ready open source backup solution: the Zmanda Network is a suite of enterprise-ready software and services based on the popular Amanda open source data backup and recovery technology. Today we are very happy to feature a mini-interview with Zmanda's CEO, Chander Kant.
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Member since:
2006-04-28
Member since:
2006-04-28
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2006-03-04
hi,
i'm using backuppc.sf.net and i'm very happy with it. i'm using it for private purposes as well as for different companies of the size of 20 to 150 employees.
i run backups of linux and bsd boxen, windows and osx desktops. it's simple (for my private backups i use the default configuration files), it has remote administration _and_ remote restore by using a browser and it's secure (you can do backups over ssh).
like *amanda, it can't do hot backups of databases. if you want to do that, you'd have to stop the database engine with a pre-script, than backup the thing and restart the enginge with a post-script.
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2006-04-28
According to me Bacula is alot more business-ready than Amanda & derivates.
I ain't saying Amanda is bad, ofcourse not. But we provide linux services & installations and when it comes down to real business requirements from customers that want to use Open Source software, Bacula seems to be the best product. It supports alot of features that are still in the wishlist of Amanda. Just check it out at www.bacula.org and read the featurelist, it's huge ! 
Member since:2005-07-06
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2006-04-29
I'm sure there are many fans of both Amanda and Bacula.
The big difference though is that a new company, Zmanda, with a very skilled development team, is committed to driving Amanda development and support. They have already made a huge contribution to the recent Amanda Community release V2.5, adding enhancements in stability and security. I'm betting that they will continue to drive the features that users really want.
