Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
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Amanda, previously known as Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver is an open source computer
archiving tool that is able to back up data residing on multiple computers on a network
. It uses a client–server model, where the server contacts each client to perform a backup at a scheduled time.
Amanda was initially developed at the University of Maryland
and is released under a BSD-style license . Amanda is available both as a free community edition and fully supported enterprise edition. Amanda runs on almost any Unix
or Linux-based systems. Amanda supports Windows systems using Samba or a native Win32 client with support for open files .
Amanda supports both tape-based and disk-based backup, and provides some useful functionality not available in other backup products. Amanda supports tape-spanning - i.e. if a backup set does not fit in one tape, it will be split into multiple tapes.
Among its key features is an intelligent scheduler which optimizes use of computing resources across backup runs.
. It includes a management GUI - Zmanda Management Console (ZMC) and other enterprise features such as scheduler, plugin framework and also an optional cloud backup service support. The cloud backup option uses the Amazon S3
service from Amazon Web Services
as the cloud storage provider and enables safe offsite storage of the Amanda backup data. The plugin framework allows for application specific backups and is used by Amanda Enterprise to support applications such as Oracle database
, Samba network share, NDMP etc. Amanda Enterprise also supports image level backup of live VMs running on VMware infrastructure.
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
archiving tool that is able to back up data residing on multiple computers on a network
Computer network
A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....
. It uses a client–server model, where the server contacts each client to perform a backup at a scheduled time.
Amanda was initially developed at the University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
and is released under a BSD-style license . Amanda is available both as a free community edition and fully supported enterprise edition. Amanda runs on almost any Unix
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
or Linux-based systems. Amanda supports Windows systems using Samba or a native Win32 client with support for open files .
Amanda supports both tape-based and disk-based backup, and provides some useful functionality not available in other backup products. Amanda supports tape-spanning - i.e. if a backup set does not fit in one tape, it will be split into multiple tapes.
Among its key features is an intelligent scheduler which optimizes use of computing resources across backup runs.
Amanda Enterprise Edition
Amanda Enterprise Edition is a commercial version of Amanda which has been developed by ZmandaZmanda
Zmanda Inc. is an Open Source and Cloud backup software company. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, USA.. In partnership with open source companies such as Sun and MySQL, the company contributes to many open source projects.-Open Source Projects:...
. It includes a management GUI - Zmanda Management Console (ZMC) and other enterprise features such as scheduler, plugin framework and also an optional cloud backup service support. The cloud backup option uses the Amazon S3
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 is an online storage web service offered by Amazon Web Services. Amazon S3 provides storage through web services interfaces...
service from Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services is a collection of remote computing services that together make up a cloud computing platform, offered over the Internet by Amazon.com...
as the cloud storage provider and enables safe offsite storage of the Amanda backup data. The plugin framework allows for application specific backups and is used by Amanda Enterprise to support applications such as Oracle database
Oracle database
The Oracle Database is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation....
, Samba network share, NDMP etc. Amanda Enterprise also supports image level backup of live VMs running on VMware infrastructure.