-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > > Ryan Novosielski wrote: >> Easiest way to handle this sort of thing generally is a DB dump and >> backup the dump with Bacula. I assume all DB's have a tool to do this. >> There's something that can be done with FIFO's, but I don't quite >> understand all that stuff. >> >> João Henrique Freitas wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am a Brazilian student (Computer Science). In my work we use >> Bacula to >>>> do backups of everything. >>>> >>>> Some customers need to suport bacula in others databases than mysql, >>>> postgresl and sqllite. >>>> >>>> I have some ideas to implement a odbc driver for bacula or a driver to >>>> an commercial database (DB2). >>>> >>>> Please, I need to know if this idea is viable. > > hmm. I thought he was talking about the database that bacula used, not > backing up other databases. > > my gut reaction was ... I suppose you could write such an interface, but > why? If someone insists on a commercial database, why would they not > insist on a commercial backup solution? Or, alternatively, if someone > was willing to accept an open source backup solution, then what's the > big deal about doing a simple install of mysql? Seems like the audience > for bacula using DB2 would be miniscule. > > just my 2 cents
I can understand this one. We use Oracle for our main databases. It would be nice if the same person could just throw that database in with the others he manages. He has no MySQL experience. Not sure how that was chosen, but... it is what it is now, and having to install MySQL extra was a bit of a hassle, but completely expected, so... <shrug> - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer II |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGygGQmb+gadEcsb4RAtutAKDN46yjPRgFl3V+IzC95n/wgj/1tgCeKNWr Tdl31CSTN/7UUlT/hXMjb+g= =YHM8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
