Tolis Group announces BRU Server 2.0 update; system admins rejoice

When a Leopard user wants a backup of the data on her computer, she might just attach an external hard disk to her machine and let Time Machine perform its magic. But how do you do backups for Xserves or large groups of Mac users? In many cases, you use tape libraries attached to servers, client software on the Macs that directs backup data to the server, and an application on the server to sort it all out.

Many Mac, Windows, and Linux system administrators rely on an application from TOLIS Group, Inc. called BRU Server. Last week, TOLIS Group announced BRU Server 2.0, an upgrade to their flagship backup product. The new version has a redesigned GUI that is common to all three OS platforms, and a faster encryption algorithm. One new feature is that client machines running the BRU Server Agent can now initiate their own backups and file restores via drag-and-drop. There's also full support of Access Control Lists (ACLs) and extended attributes on Mac OS X and Linux clients.

TOLIS Group is also offering complete backup bundles consisting of the BRU Server software and tape drives or libraries (up to 96 slots) that have been fully tested for compatibility with Mac OS X and Linux. BRU Server 2.0 starts at $599 for two clients, and workgroup and enterprise licenses available.

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Source: http://www.tolisgroup.com/press/2009/07.22.html

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I used BRU v1.x in a simple 32 slot AIT4, 3 Mac OS X Server, 2 Windows 2003 server and 45 mixed Mac/Windows client environment, for about a year and can say that the product was unintuitive, flakey, unreliable and the support (when I could get it) was abysmal.

I had come from Retrospect which was slow and old, but was at least easy to use and gave me reliable backups which I could use. I'm now using NetVault from Backbone and my backups have been rock solid and trouble free. There were a few initial setup issues with NetVault, but the support I recieved from Bakbone has been stellar and any issues have been resolved within 6 hours.

Please keep in mind that BRU is a considerably less expensive product than NetVault, so quality and support should (or should it?) relate to the cost of the product, but when your business must rely on perfect backups, it's just not worth the aggravation. I will not try the BRU product again, and obviously would not recommend it. It's too much like running Linux. Now if that is your thing, you may like this product.

Just my opinion.

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