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Back in 2005 I've used Bacula to setup a distributed backup system for a big company. I don't work there since years, but AFAIK it still runs well and manages a
by apeacox 12y ago
Back in 2005 I've used Bacula to setup a distributed backup system for a big company. I don't work there since years, but AFAIK it still runs well and manages around ~50 (both servers and desktops running different operating systems).
Yes it's hard to approach (we spent ~2 weeks to learn and test it before deploying in production) but it had the features we needed:
* scheduling
* retention policies (store for 1 year then rotate, multiple tapes, etc...)
* backup on DST tapes
Perhaps, if you just need to backup a single server, Bacula isn't the right solution or, at least, is overkill :-)
- drKarl 12y agoYep, Bacula looks like an option if you have to centralize the backup of a lot of servers, but it looks it's more oriented to tape backup, isn't it?
- apeacox 12y agoAs far as I remember, you can use file storage and set the size of the file itself as well. so, for example, you might have 4GB file images to burn on dvd. Of course, it really shines with tape backups :-) One nice feature of multi-volume backups in Bacula is the fact that it remembers (through its Catalog) where to find a backup, given the file name and/or a date. So it might ask you: "Insert volume X-Y" to restore the data you need.