Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide, The, Second Edition

Chapter 30. Backup Techniques

Features and Benefits

The Samba project is over 10 years old. During the early history of Samba, UNIX administrators were its key implementors. UNIX administrators use UNIX system tools to backup UNIX system files. Over the past 4 years, an increasing number of Microsoft network administrators have taken an interest in Samba. This is reflected in the questions about backup in general on the Samba mailing lists.

Discussion of Backup Solutions

During discussions at a Microsoft Windows training course, one of the pro-UNIX delegates stunned the class when he pointed out that Windows NT4 is limiting compared with UNIX. He likened UNIX to a Meccano set that has an unlimited number of tools that are simple, efficient, and, ...