Comparison of Amanda Community and Enterprise Editions

Amanda Enterprise contains significant enhancements in usability, security, database and application support. It is available as a paid annual subscription which includes on-going functionality and security updates as well as technical support.

Centralized Full and Incremental Backups ✔ ✔
Linux and UNIX Support ✔ ✔
Windows Server and Desktop Support ✔ ✔
Mac OS X Support ✔ ✔
Intelligent Backup Scheduler ✔ ✔
Backup to Disk (NAS, SAN, iSCSI, Cloud Storage) ✔ ✔
Backup to Tape Drives, Tape Libraries and VTLs ✔ ✔
Vaulting & Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape (D2D2T) ✔ ✔
Open Formats for long-term archiving ✔ ✔
Encryption and Compression of backup archives ✔ ✔
Certification with Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) ✖ ✔
Live Backup of Oracle ✖ ✔
Live Backup of SQL Server, Exchange and SharePoint ✖ ✔
Backup of images of live VMware based VMs ✖ ✔
NDMP based backups of NAS Appliances ✖ ✔
Web Based Management Console ✖ ✔
Backup Reporting ✖ ✔
Role-based Administration ✖ ✔
Wizard-driven Installer ✖ ✔
Backup Server Replication (DR to a remote site) ✖ ✔
24x7 Production Support ✖ ✔
Professional Services and Training ✖ ✔

Amanda Enterprise should be on the short list of any IT manager looking for a backup solution.

Arun Taneja
Noted Storage Analyst