[KLUG Members] Microlite BackupEDGE?

Adam Tauno Williams adam at morrison-ind.com
Tue Jul 27 07:24:13 EDT 2004


> I just got of the phone with some sales dude from www.microlite.com
> calling about their BackupEDGE software.  In the never ending quest for
> backup software that doesn't suck I'm curious if anyone has any
> experience with this product?
> <rant>
> I've never found any backup software that doesn't suck.  Most of the 
> backup software I've tested has user interfaces that may as well be in
> Klingon.  Sindarin I could handle,  but my Klingon is really bad.  Or
> else they each have some gaping hole in their functionality (doesn't
> backup or restore EA/meta-data, can't switch tapes in a tape changer,
> etc...).  Going back and using setfacl to restore the permissions on a
> couple of hundred thousand files just doesn't sound like a good time.
...
> </rant>

Nope, BackupEDGE does not support EA.


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