re: [OT] Re: xfsdump sample scripts

[Matteo Centonza <matteo@sif.it>]

Hi Greg,

> I actually went and briefly looked at the Amanda website a couple of months
> ago.
> It sounded as if it was targeting a collection of Linux servers being backed
> up to a single tape drive.
> 
> I'm just backing up one server to local large disk drive.  (This is just what
> the sample script does as well. :) )
> 
> Does using Amanda in this type of an environment simplify life, or make it
> worse.
> 
> In particular, I want to come up with a end-user friendly restore mechanism.  
> 
> My plan is to keep the last 30 days of backups online and I would like to
> give end-users the ability to restore their own files.  Hopefully via a 
> http interface.
> 
> I'm not sure if that is feasible yet or not, but that is my goal.


Well, in few words, it does. More precisely:

--  While has been developed for a networking enviroment, should do the 
    trick locally too.
 
--  Amanda can take "degraded backup" to an holding disk if you have
    no tape drive available (your case probably).

--  Has a nice ftp like interactive recover interface.

--  If you want, can plan your backup schedule for you.


It's worth a shot ;)

HTH,

-m