Hello,
Your best bet is to ask the list. They are much better at responding in detail
to these kinds of questions than I am. I've copied the list as you may get
additional help.
Just the same, here are a few quickie answers ...
On Thursday 29 September 2005 13:30, Joe McGuckin wrote:
> Kern,
>
> I hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions directly rather than
> posting to one of the forums.
>
> You seem to be one of the bacula developers...
Yes.
>
> We're currently using Amanda and running up against some of it limitations.
Yes, it has a few nice features, but some major limitations.
>
> Can Bacula do the following?
>
> - Perform backups to a disk array (5-10 TB) and creating archival tape
> backups?
Yes, if I understand your question correctly. It cannot yet do a disk backup
then move that backup to tape or vise-versa. Disk/tape backups are in Bacula
format.
>
> - Does bacula have a restore utility that allows you to navigate the
> file/directory hierarchy of a client machine and select file and
> directories to be restored?
Yes, wx-console for GUI, bconsole for TTY.
>
> - Perform transfers from multiple clients simultaneously?
Yes
>
> - Dump to multiple tape drives simultaneously?
Yes
>
> - Can Bacula utilize disk image based backups (e.g. Dump/restore)?
Yes, but they are Bacula format not dump/restore/tar/...
>
> - Amanda's worst fault is that no disk partition can span multiple tapes.
> I hope Bacula does not have this limitation.
No
>
> - Is Bacula being actively developed and maintained?
Yes, just look at the list archives. It is *very* active (IMO), thanks to
help from a lot of people :-)
> Amanda seems to have
> been orphaned a couple of years ago!
Yes, with the exception of a documentation effort, I get that impression.
>
> I saw a recent post where someone mentioned that a competing product
> (lone-tar?) allows you to completely restore a client by putting in restore
> CD and putting the appropriate backup tape in the tape drive. That sounds
> like a very useful feature. Why couldn't bacula create a boot image from
> the most recent backups of the client and then use PXE or something similar
> to put the image on the client?
Bacula has something similar. See the Rescue chapter of the manual:
www.bacula.org
>
> You were one of the Autodesk founders?
Yes :-)
> Did you work in California
Yes
> or have you always been in Europe?
No, but I have been here in Switzerland since 1991. That seems almost like
forever, and I am not planning on leaving Europe.
--
Best regards,
Kern
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