Re: [cobalt-users] Legato with Qube2

[Colin Smith <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Rod Todd wrote:

> Has anyone used Legato Networker with the Qube2; when
> you contact Legato, there is no cost or setup
> information, and when you make a request, a sales rep
> emails you asking for you to call him and won't give
> out reseller info.  The software is on the Qube, how
> do you use it and what hardware is preferred witht the
> Qube?
> Cheers,

Legato Networker is a network backup system. The 
software on the Qube is the client only. You also need
a Legato Networker server which has tape drives attached.

The server side can handle anything from a couple of 
DAT drives to tape arrays and X hundred tape libraries 
with many drives.

With the server, you purchase client licenses. The 
server software doesn't run on Linux at the moment (to 
the best of my knowledge) so you 'll need some other 
system. I have no idea how much it costs but I've used 
it on other non Linux systems and it does work very well.

If you're looking for a cheap Unix backup system you might want to also
evaluate 'Amanda' http://www.amanda.org/.