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Amanda Enterprise: Linux Backup

Zmanda Linux Client for Amanda Enterprise: Powerful, low-cost, open source backup and recovery software to protect Linux based systems


Overview Zmanda Clients
Zmanda Agents
 

Reliable, cost-effective backup and recovery protection for your Linux systems


The Zmanda Linux Client provides a reliable, cost-effective solution to protect your Linux systems. Zmanda Linux Clients interface seamlessly with the Zmanda Management Console, enabling administrators to use one intuitive, point-and-click interface to backup multiple Linux, Solaris, Windows, and Mac OS X systems — as well as Exchange Server, SQL Server, and Oracle databases. A single Linux backup server can scale to backup and recover hundreds of workstations running various versions of Linux.

Amanda Enterprise is the only commercial backup and recovery software that uses open formats for backup images. The Zmanda Linux Client uses the standard tar format, giving you the option to recover your data even without Zmanda software.
  • Centralized and scalable Linux backups. Backup multiple Linux systems to a single master backup server without impacting users and applications

  • Simple, flexible backups. Supports full and incremental backups.

  • Open source formats. Uses only industry standard data formats such as tar data format.

  • Hard links. Maintains the integrity of hard links during backup.

  • Sparse files. Supports the backup of sparse files to optimize the use of storage media for backups.

  • Timestamps unchanged. File timestamps remain intact during backup.

  • Include/exclude lists. Administrators can choose to include or exclude specific files and directories during backup.

  • Encryption. Administrators can choose which data to encrypt, which standard encryption algorithm to use, and whether to encrypt data on the client or on the server.

  • Compression. Uses only industry standard compression utilities, and allows administrator to choose the optimal compression algorithm for the data and the resources available, as well as whether to compress the data on the client or the server.

  • Wide platform support. Wide support for Linux distributions on x86 platform: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Fedora, Open SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS.
 
Zmanda Linux Client
Release Support
Red Hat Enterprise Server 3 AS, ES, and WS
Red Hat Enterprise Server 4 AS, ES, WS, and Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server and Desktop
CentOS 3, 4, 5
Fedora Core 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Oracle Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 10
Debian Etch, Sarge
Ubuntu 6.x, 8.0 LTS
openSUSE 10.2


Additional Resources for Amanda Enterprise
FAQ

See commonly asked questions and answers about features available in Amanda Enterprise

Customer Success Stories

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Whitepapers (pdf)
  • Top Considerations for Implementing Secure Backup & Recovery
  • IDC Report: Backup and Recovery: The Open Source Option Comes of Age
  • Advantages of Amanda Over Proprietary Backup
  • Introduction to Amanda Enterprise
  • Cost-Effective Data Protection for Microsoft Windows Environments

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Pricing Information

Zmanda provides three levels of support for Amanda Enterprise: Basic, Standard and Premium.

Detailed pricing
Compatibility Matrix

Complete list of Amanda Enterprise supported Platforms by release level.

For more information on Amanda Enterprise, please contact Zmanda Sales


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