Re: [SLUG] pseudo block device piping to smb or nfs -- socket files

From: Ian Blenke (icblenke@nks.net)
Date: Fri Sep 10 2004 - 02:30:30 EDT


Mario Lombardo wrote:

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>I was expecting this, and I expect that BRU will see a socket and deny as
>well. Yes, it is a glorified GNU Tar program :), but I use it because it's
>easier to point to a corporate entity when it comes to legal issues of
>intellectual property loss. Quite frankly, I highly DO NOT recommend folks
>using Tolisgroup's BRU. Their support is terrible. I went as far as the R&D
>person, and he didn't think an upgrade would fix a problem. The support
>people said it would. Go figure.
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Having used BRU in the past as well, I can honestly say it's a load of
crap. Avoid it.

There are other good commercial backup packages for Linux now, if that's
really what you're looking for.

>The whole rest of the operation uses opensource stuff. It's just the backup
>that's proprietary. Pretty soon, I may be using AMANDA anyway :(
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Amanda really is a good little backup tool.

- Ian

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