On Fri, 19 May 2000, Kevin Buettner wrote:

> I've heard good things about BRU, but haven't used it.  You will probably
> want something better than tar.

I know people who think it is the best format, period. Then again, most of
them worked with Fred when he came up with it, so they might be biased :).

Problem with BRU is it's a proprietary format :(. They're insta-recovery
thing, however, is interesting, especially for remote offices without
on-site tech support.

> The other backup program that you should look at is Amanda.  See
> http://www.amanda.org/.

Also burt, http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1998/08/25/904059641.html. I've
seen good references for burt, but haven't tried it. Looks like it might
be specialty format as well :(, but there's also a claim that it works
with gnutar and dump...

ciao,

der.hans
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