2010/8/23 Marcio Merlone <marcio.merl...@a1.ind.br>
> Good afternoon!
>
Hello,
> I was wondering... would be nice to have a maildir backup plugin, where
> one could backup a maildir and have its contents indexed and restorable
> by sender, subject, date, attachments, etc.. I could try to write one
> myself, but wouldn't have the required skills and time. Has anyone ever
> though about this? Is it doable?
>
It is a good idea. It should be easy. The problem is, who wants to use it?
>
> Not to mention a mysql plugin, where one could restore specific
> database, table, row, on a live system....
>
Well, a mysql plugin for hot backup should be available soon :)
But a problem is it will backup a whole mysql instance, not a specific
database, table or row. The main problem with restoring database objects on
a live system is database data integrity. You can't restore a particular row
without checking table or column constraints, triggers or else.
> I think those are the features lacking on bacula to put it side-by-side
> with commercial products. Pls, no flames! Bacula is great, I love it,
> and would not change it for a commercial one even if they were free, I
> am just making a feature request and brain storming. That could even
> pave the path for Exchange, MS-SQL, Firebird, Oracle, etc...
>
A plugin for backup of Exchange is available for some time. Plugin for
Oracle is on newest project TODO list.
But to compete with other commercial products, Bacula should have a strong
commercial support and development, so not all new feature will be available
on community version, only on enterprise one - check Kerns email on
bacula-devel a few weeks ago.
> Best regards.
>
Regards
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