Thanks Les. I will check it out. Regards, Jack On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 14:34 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 12:27, Jack Taffar wrote: > > We currently use ArcServ. I would like to know if there is a backup > > solution that will run on Linux and that will backup not only unix boxes > > but Window client and server boxes. ArcServ is backing up weekly around > > 200 GB and takes around 6 hours to complete. The nightly tape is > > smaller and runs quicker. The backup media is a DLT-200GB tape. > > > > Any help is appreciated ! > > I like backuppc: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ for online (disk) > backups. It has an option to manually archive copies off to tape > but it uses compression and linking scheme to hold 8 to 10 times > what you'd expect in a disk archive. It can use either smbtar > or rsync for windows clients, neither of which will save ACLs > or get open files. It can optionally run an ssh command before > and after the backup run for things like dumping copies of > sql data to a file you can copy. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > >