Looking for the best backup software

[Nguyen Anh Tien]

Pls recommend which GNU backup software is TOP for Redhat v9.0 and higher!
Why is it considered TOP software!
thank in advance!

[Vipulinux]

Hi

In mu opinion tar based software work the best for redhat.

You can either use command line tar backup or use a utility like kdat.

I think this way as I have been using it and found it easy to manage and restore as well.

Cheers

[Nguyen Anh Tien]

tar did not support for differential backup.
and manager tape...

[Ivan Ferreira]

For Red Hat, the best software is "star", and I think that is not installed by default.

You can also search for a most elaborated solution, like Amanda.

[Lionel Giraudeau · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Why not using Mondo Rescue ?

http://www.mondorescue.org

Even if it is much more Disaster Recovery oriented than a true backup solution like "tar" for example.

Regards,
Lionel

[Ivan Ferreira]

In fact, there is no best software. The best software is the software the you best know how to use, the software that you can be sure that when you have a problem, you will restore the data.

The only software I know that may cause problems is dump/restore.

[Vincent Fleming]

I've always found that the worst backup software in the world is what you're currently using...

Backup software is funny like that...

[Nguyen Anh Tien]

Thank for all
MondoRescue is really nice! COOL