Wirt is a research scientist first. I think you will find he is quite 
well versed in terminology. Along with a sense of humor.

Gehan Gehale wrote:
> One part of me thinks, did wirt look that up on accident, or does he
> just know a lot about.. well then the other part of me kicks in that
> says I don't want to know...
>
> -g
> On Nov 18, 2007 7:48 PM, Peter M. Eggers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>   
>> ROTF, LMAO!!!  :-D
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/18/07, Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>     
>>> Pete writes:
>>>
>>>       
>>>>  Well, here I go again...
>>>>
>>>>  One of the more popular backup solutions that comes to mind that backs
>>>>         
>>> up
>>>       
>>>>  Windows, Linux, Unix (incl. Solaris, and various flavors of Unix and
>>>>         
>>> BSD
>>>       
>>>>  (note: some BSDs don't support 'pthreads' well enough)), and MacOS is
>>>>  Bacula.  There is a developer's guide for porting to other operating
>>>>         
>>> systems
>>>       
>>>>  (particularly POSIX), say MPE for instance and uses GNU C++.  It
>>>>         
>>> includes
>>>       
>>>>  the normal variations (full, differential, incremental), compression
>>>>         
>>> (gzip),
>>>       
>>>>  and encryption.  It also catalogs all of the backups and files in any
>>>>         
>>> of 3
>>>       
>>>>  popular open source databases (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL).  It has its
>>>>         
>>> own
>>>       
>>>>  scheduler built-in, and can schedule backups across the network.  The
>>>>         
>>> system
>>>       
>>>>  can scale from a single computer to hundreds on large networks.  Bacula
>>>>         
>>> can
>>>       
>>>>  be found here:  http://www.bacula.org/
>>>>         
>>> Just a word of warning. Before anyone purchases Bacula (which is the
>>> plural of
>>> Baculum), they should examine what they're buying:
>>>
>>>    http://www.skullsunlimited.com/baculums.html
>>>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baculum
>>>
>>> Wirt Atmar
>>> AICS Research, Inc.
>>> PO Box 4691
>>> University Park, NM  88003-4691
>>> (800) AICS-INC
>>> (575) 524-9800
>>> (575) 526-4700 fax
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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