Hi, I'll add my thoughts...
On 4/26/2007 2:35 PM, Marc Schiffbauer wrote: > * Dan Langille schrieb am 26.04.07 um 14:02 Uhr: > Content-Description: Mail message body >> Folks, >> >> I need help please. I'm rather busy for the next few weeks and >> cannot answer these questions. They are from a journalist writing >> about Bacula. If you don't have the time, point them to the list. Or to me - at least the German ones :-) >> If you could fill in what you know, and someone else can fill in the >> rest. Thank you. > > Here are some answers. (In brackets if I am not 100% sure) > >> >> ------- Forwarded message follows ------- >> Date sent: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:53:57 +0200 >> From: Joachim Clemens >> To: press >> Subject: Questions about Bacula >> >> Dear Dan Langille, >> >> I am doing a research for the german Linux Technical Review, a sister >> publication of the Linux-Magazine, about commercial and open-source >> Backup- and Storage-Solutions. >> >> In spite of my extensive online research about "Bacula 2.0.3", the >> following open questions remain: >> >> >> - is the NDMP protocol supported? > > no. > >> - are LAN-free and/or Serverless backups possible? > > (yes AFAICT, if all 3 deamons run on the same machine) Hmm... if you consider lan-free to mean directing one storage system on a SAN to dump data to another storage system directly, without the data going through a server, then the answer is No. >> - does Bacula support centralized management and is it possible to >> use storge devices attached to another server than the one with >> Bacula installed? > > Yes and yes. You can run the "Storage Daemon" on a foreign machine > which will then accept data over the wire to store it on the backup > media. Bacula is quite centralized - i.e., almost all the configuration is in the DIR - but there are no advanced management tools available. Bat is in development, the web frontends offer some features, but there is no all-around solution from setup, configuration, pushing client installs, to user management, automated volume handling, etc. > >> - can the bandwidth be limited, that is used by the backup process? > > (no) Only by using the OS tools (think QoS and different priorities, for example). >> - is it possible to use the built-in snapshot functionality of hard >> or software for automated backups? > > AFAIK: bacula has no built-in snapshot functionality but you can > combine it with system snapshot capabilities (VSS onw indows, LVM > snapshots on unix systems) Client run before scripts are the key. The missing function of redirecting data on restore to another path (for example, to remove the './snapshot' path component) is being developed. >> - does your software supports the creation of user groups with >> specific privileges? > > (maybe with console ACLs) Only with console ACLs. This is not a sophisticated user management as it doesn't allow to create groups, for example. The need for such privilege handling is limited, though, because of the centralized management and operation. Bacula really requires an administraor or a team of admins, in larger installations. >> - are multiple data streams to the backup medium supported >> (multiflow, multiplexing)? > > yes > >> - are Virtual Tape Libraries supported? > > yes > >> - is there a disaster recovery function for the Bacula server for >> other operation systems than Linux available? > > (its based on linux, but you can restore any system (AFAIKT)) For windows, using for example PE-based systems works, too. BartPE. >> - are there modules to back up specific applications like databases >> without shutting them down? None included, probably because noone ever found a universal solution, but you can achieve this using client run before scripts and backups from FIFO. >> - is it possible to clone backup media? Kind of... bcopy can copy media, but Bacula itself does not (yet) handle multiple copies of jobs (or media). >> - is disk-to-disk-to-tape supported? Yes. Think migration. >> >> I would appriciate if you could help me answering the open questions >> to describe your product as detailed as possible. >> >> Thank you in advance for your help. >> >> Yours faithfully, >> Joachim Clemens >> >> >> ------- End of forwarded message ------- > > > hth hth, too Arno > -marc -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
