[KLUG Members] RE: Re: ARKEIA Light (Andrew Thompson)

[Robert V. Kanaley]

> > > Anybody ever use ARKEIA Light for backup? I came across this as a
freebee
> > > for a single Linux box. It looks like a client server app with clients
for
> > > Winbloz. As much as I know is that there is a commercial version and
that
> > > there are restrictions on the free Linux version. I am looking for
ways to
> > > improve Winbloz workstation backups.
> >
> > Yes, backing up Winbloze boxes is horrible.
> >
> > I did request a quote from Arkeia about two weeks ago.  Got it back the
> > same day.....
>
> For what it's worth, there's a review of version 5.2 in the latest Linux
> Journal. Barnes & Noble should have it.

Ahh, now I remember. I skimmed through that review the day my LJ arrived. I
promptly forgot about it. When the review started talking GUI's on servers,
I kind of tuned out. I tend to command line my servers. Re-reading the
review told me as much as I needed to know about Arkeia Lite: "A third
product Arkeia Lite is suitable for backing up one Linux server and two
desktops systems, is available at no charge." That means I would have to use
the full commercial version. And as Adam found out the pricing for that is
pretty steep. I guess it is back to writing scripts and scheduling Unison
rsync type backups on each desktop.

Regards,

Bob

Robert V. Kanaley
Manager Information Systems
Agdia, Inc.
rvk at agdia.com
http://www.agdia.com