[KLUG Members] LAN backup solutions, anyone?

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> >> If you are doing backups on a regular basis on a mixed Linux/Unix/Windows...
> >We do our network backups using "star" which can tunnel data via an SSH
> >connection to a remote tape drive; just setup the keys and it can run as
> >a cron job.  
> OK, I have looked for a specific reference to this package, and the best
> I could do has been:
http://www.backupcentral.com/cgi-bin/redirect?url=ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/star
> Which seems defunct.

Yep, there doesn't seem to be a home page.  star is like tar, it should
be included in any recent distribution and the documentation is the man
page.

> > Other solutions are either (A) REALLY REALLY expensive [ like Arkeia ]
> $1280.00 for licensing, in the case I'm currently concerned about. They
> have a free trial version, so I might want to see what all the fuss is
> about (no time now).

I've read it is very nice;  but for a large network it is also crazy
expensive.

> yeah, the problems are introduced by those pesky Windows machnes, the
> odd file systems, and so on. Also, vendors tend to think this is all so
> very extra special that it makes premium products. Maybe it does, 

Yep;  and we've looked at a couple of more reasonably priced backup
packages (MicroEdge makes a 'decent' one).  But other than a pretty
interface it actually offers less than star + ssh in exustar mode -
their product doesn't backup EA.

> because most developers like to work on snazzier sorts of products...

Certainly.
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