>>>>> "DL" == Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Bacula is incredibly complex to setup. Its taken 4 months and its >> still not working correctly. DL> You are unique. I doubt he's unique. I constantly think to myself "wow, bacula is really cool; but why isn't it doing that?" The configuration is complex to set up (but with flexibility always comes complexity; and bacula is very flexible). Fortunately there are many good resources to look at, but sorting through them all to find what you want is sometimes difficult. Personally, I've been using it for 2 months. On day one I got it up and running and backing up multiple computers (windows and linux both). But, I've still had issues with it backing up files I didn't want it to (no doubt my fault), failing to write DVDs properly (questionable fault, but I think I've fixed that through a patch to the dvd-handler), failing to recycle volumes that I believe it should (no doubt my fault). But even after all that, the flexibility is very necessary for me and I'm going to keep plugging away at it (just yesterday I had to re-learn that volume longevity for previously created volumes is in the DB, not relearned from a modified config. Which makes sense, but when you're editing the config it's easy to forget). So, let me say: thanks to all the developers of bacula. I know what it's like to run an OSS project and get yelled at (I've started a number at this point). Realize that the vast majority of your users are very happy with your work (myself included). Kudos to you all for your time and even more importantly: your patience in helping us through problems. Outstanding support! One thing that I did with one of my more successful projects was to think of ways to reduce the confusion based on the questions sent to the mailing list. When I got a ton of questions in area X, I decided that area X needed usability improvements. My thinking about it always resulted in less questions about X in the future, which was a plus. Something to consider (or ignore) at will... Now, the down side is that the questions didn't stop. They just got harder. If you remove the easier-to-understand problems users start asking questions about the harder areas of a project because they get farther ;-) Final word: I love bacula and wouldn't switch away from it if I had a choice. But I'm still on the learning curve, and it isn't small. But very very worth it. Thanks again! -- "In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find." -- Terry Pratchett ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
