Comments on: Backups with Bacula: A cross-platform system to archive your data http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/ Open Source, Open Standards Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: robinbowes http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4854 robinbowes Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4854 What on earth is "Medi", as in "Tapes and Other Medi"?<br /> <br /> Media is the plural of "medium".<br /> <br /> One can try a little too hard to be clever. :) What on earth is “Medi”, as in “Tapes and Other Medi”?

Media is the plural of “medium”.

One can try a little too hard to be clever. :)

]]> By: dansomnea http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4855 dansomnea Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4855 I think it is a necessary reply to Norton Ghost.<br /> Norton Ghost 12.0. <br /> (see http://dan.somnea.free.fr/2C/index.php) Ghost accept an USB Maxtor One Touch HDD. This Bacula is an Open Source product. It allows backing up a Windows-based computer to be saved on another network node; this one contains a Linux-based Computer ... etc.<br /> Norton Ghost is written for Windows platform only. Moreover, the private person who makes backup/restore must know the inner architecture of system state very well. Otherwise, the surprise after restore could be unpleasant.<br /> The old Nbackup utility present on the Windows/XP SP2 (for Windows/NT4 platform) is an unhappy solution.<br /> Sincerely,<br /> prof. dr. ing. Dan Gheorghe Somnea I think it is a necessary reply to Norton Ghost.
Norton Ghost 12.0.
(see http://dan.somnea.free.fr/2C/index.php) Ghost accept an USB Maxtor One Touch HDD. This Bacula is an Open Source product. It allows backing up a Windows-based computer to be saved on another network node; this one contains a Linux-based Computer … etc.
Norton Ghost is written for Windows platform only. Moreover, the private person who makes backup/restore must know the inner architecture of system state very well. Otherwise, the surprise after restore could be unpleasant.
The old Nbackup utility present on the Windows/XP SP2 (for Windows/NT4 platform) is an unhappy solution.
Sincerely,
prof. dr. ing. Dan Gheorghe Somnea

]]> By: vibinlinux http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4856 vibinlinux Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4856 Intersting .. Thank u geek Intersting .. Thank u geek

]]> By: tayhimself http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4857 tayhimself Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4857 This article fails to answer one critical question when it comes to backup software. Does it do bare metal backups including disks that are in hardware or software RAID? This article fails to answer one critical question when it comes to backup software. Does it do bare metal backups including disks that are in hardware or software RAID?

]]> By: amomeni http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4858 amomeni Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4858 What about live backups (open file backups) e.g mail, database etc? What about live backups (open file backups) e.g mail, database etc?

]]> By: daemeonr http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4859 daemeonr Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4859 A bare metal install to a raid? I believe this would only be possible if the OS does not see the component drives ... i.e. the controller must virtualize the drives into a single target device. If creating a meta-device (e.g. via MD) is required during OS install there are (currently) several non-obvious steps required to support bootup when the first (boot) device dies. A bare metal install to a raid? I believe this would only be possible if the OS does not see the component drives … i.e. the controller must virtualize the drives into a single target device. If creating a meta-device (e.g. via MD) is required during OS install there are (currently) several non-obvious steps required to support bootup when the first (boot) device dies.

]]> By: daemeonr http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4860 daemeonr Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4860 Can figure out the space available on a tape (space length) or do I have to specific the amount of storage available on the tape.<br /> <br /> This is coming from a long time Anaconda user ;{) Can figure out the space available on a tape (space length) or do I have to specific the amount of storage available on the tape.

This is coming from a long time Anaconda user ;{)

]]> By: daemeonr http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4861 daemeonr Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/4429/#comment-4861 Wierd. I thought I wrote: "Can bacula figure out the space available on a tape ..." Wierd. I thought I wrote: “Can bacula figure out the space available on a tape …”

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