In this issue:
Bacula Systems Foudation Course training dates
The dass IT Bacula Conference
Interview with Kern Sibbald on File Deduplication
Partner Spotlight: Commeo
New Bweb Developments
New Bacula Systems Ready Partners
Magirus open source kick-off event
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September 2009 Edition
Dear Bacula Community,
As expected, the recent announcement of Bacula Systems Enterprise Edition created an real buzz around the topic of Open Source backup, and has firmly put Bacula Systems on the map as a truly enterprise-class, honest Open Source company.
Our partnerships also continue to grow, with Ingres as a new strategic partner, Commeo as a new distributor in France, and new 'Bacula Systems Ready' Partners, such as Run Solutions in Spain, and Abiss in Greece.
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Jack Griffin, CEO of Bacula Systems
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Bacula Systems training courses are moving forwards, too, and after the success of our first Foundation training course last July, our next Foundation Training Course will be October 6-8, 2009. Meanwhile, for those of you who can make it to the dass IT Bacula Conference in Cologne, I look forwards to meeting you there. More details in this newsletter.
Bacula Systems Foundation Training Course Dates
After the success of the first Bacula Systems training course, the next Foundation Course will take place in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, October 6-8, 2009. At the previous course, Sébastien Emeriau was one of the attendees that became a Certified Bacula Systems Trainee. Sébastien remarked that the course was a "very good training, with lots of practice sessions through the different exercises. The subject is comprehensively covered by Kern, and reinforced by good documentation". The course also allows time afterwards to discuss your own Bacula implementation with Kern. Registration for the October course is now open. To book your seat on this course, or to get more details on the agenda, click here.
Dass IT Bacula Conference
As one of Bacula Systems' leading partners, dass IT are organizing a special Bacula Conference in Cologne, the 23rd September 2009. Together with Jack Griffin, Bacula chief Dr. Kern Sibbald will speaking be at the conference, and Kern will be talking about how today’s enterprises benefit from Bacula’s current features and modern architecture, as well as Bacula’s exciting roadmap for development. Kern will also take part in the “Open Questions” session, so this is a unique opportunity to get your questions on Bacula answered from the man himself! Full details, including the agenda for this special day are available at www.bacula-konferenz.de
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Kern Sibbald
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File deduplication using Base jobs: Interview with Dr. Kern Sibbald
File deduplication is a new feature added to the development 3.0.3 versions, to be released as Bacula version 3.0.3 sometime in 2009.
Kern, what is a 'Base Job'?
A base job is sort of like a Full save except that you will want the FileSet to contain only files that are unlikely to change in the future (e.g. a snapshot of most of your system after installing it). After the base job has been run, when you are doing a Full save, you specify one or more Base jobs to be used. All files that have been backed up in the Base job/jobs but not modified will then be excluded from the backup. During a restore, the Base jobs will be automatically pulled in where necessary.
Is this something that is fairly unique?
This is a feature that has been planned for Bacula from the very beginning, and the first of a number of deduplication projects we have planned. One of the big advantages of file level deduplication is that it works even if the data is backed up on a tape. It is a big win if you have multiple systems containing the same base data. Imagine that you have 100 nearly identical Windows or Linux machines containing the OS and user files. Now for the OS part, a Base job will be backed up once, and rather than making100 copies of the OS, there will be only one. If one or more of the systems have some files updated, no problem, they will be automatically backed up. This is a nice optimization that immediately saves time and money.
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New Bweb Developments and Demonstrations
Bweb is a Perl based web program that provides a tool to do basic operations and get statistics. It obtains its information from your catalog database and the bconsole program. Along with its ability to follow, in real time, job progression, it can also see Pool/Media occupation, and update volume parameters. Bweb is undergoing rapid development: it is now easier to install and test than before, and you can now delegate tasks; and permit some users to modify volumes, or to follow backup, etc. You can see some short demo movies of Bweb in action on the new Bweb page here.
Bacula Systems Partner Spotlight:
Commeo
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Commeo has become a leading distributor for Bacula Systems in France. Commeo is dedicated to professional Open Source, and as well as Bacula, is also a Value Added Distributor for Red Hat, JBoss and Zimbra. Since 2007, Commeo has been a specialist of the distribution of Open Source products into the French marketplace. "As a Certified Bacula Systems Distributor, Commeo is excited to offer the leading Open Source backup solution to our customers who can now realize huge savings by using Bacula" said Philippe Adoux, Director of Commeo. "We are lucky to have great in-house expertise in Bacula. But it's even better to know we have Bacula Systems right behind us, and to have the core Bacula developers at hand ", said Adoux.
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TPE PME, Government, Industrial and Educational sectors |
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Global |
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Distributor |
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Through subscriptions (certified software, technical support and software updates), training and technical expertise Commeo offers professional consulting to its customers, along with the necessary assurance and qualifications to roll out Open Source technologies into the enterprise. |
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http://www.commeo.fr |
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New Bacula Systems Ready Partners
Run Solutions in Spain, and Abiss in Greece are now Bacula Systems 'Ready' Partners. The Ready Partner Program enables system integrators and resellers to develop their Bacula businesses through steady growth.
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"We are proud to be rolling out Bacula in Greece, and working with Bacula Systems to bring quality open source backup and support to the enterprise, said Manos Batsis, Chief Technologist at Abiss. Complete our Partner Application form to request more details on becoming a Bacula Systems Ready Partner
Open Source Partner Kick-off, Stuttgart
Bacula Systems will take part in the Magirus Open Source Partner Kick-off; 24 September in Stuttgart, Germany. This event looks at how, through innovative solutions and a profitable business model, open source companies have made gains in recent months. These solutions, including Bacula Systems, are introduced to you via Magirus' open source kick-off event. Participation is free.
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