> I am looking to provide a service similar to Carbonite for my business > clients. > Never heard of that.
> > Before I spend the time to install and test I thought I would ask a > few questions first that I couldn't find on the net. > > How does it perform if the clients are on dsl? ~300k upload I do not think this is one of bacula's strengths. Firewalls need specific workarounds because the client machine needs to initiate data transfers to the machine that has the data storage. > Does it do delta thing like rsync? No, all files are either compressed on the client or sent in their entirety > Is the windows client intuitive for non techies? I do not have the time to answer this question. I can tell you that there are several client GUI options. > Is the backup initiated from the client or the server? The backups are originated from the server with a backup set that the server knows about. This can be a file stored on the client that contains the files or folders to backup. > Can client pause backup? No > Will it work for many small business for one server install? Yes > Would you suggest a different open source solution? > No idea. I have >20TB+ of data and about 50 clients (windows and linux) with bacula for the last 5 to 6 years. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
