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Bacula

Here is my opinion on Bacula. If you don't know what Bacula is, its basically a backup system for Linux, Windows and Unix computers. I have been developing a infrastructure for a software company in Montreal, Quebec for the last three and a half months. Basically I have looked at almost every aspect of the program, and I have to say it is extremely useful. The only downside to this open source project is that the documentation is pretty slim when it comes to using it and troubleshooting why it wont work. The Internet is a great resource, most of the issues I ran into were scattered all over the place from people who had similar issues, and some of course I just looked at and found a workaround.

Overall I think this program is a great tool, and highly suggest this to the highly technical users out there looking to use a central backup system that works for pretty much any OS. If you have little to no experience with Linux though, you will be extremely lost and I would suggest something simpler like SyncBack or BackExec from Norton. Also if you have the money, go out and buy a commercial product, they usually have a lot more technical support and are easier to implement.

If you are interested in checking it out, follow this link to the main website. It will give you all the information you will need to see if its the right solution to your backup strategy. What works for one company doesn't necessarily work for another so be sure to research all your options.

http://www.bacula.org/en/

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