On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Jim Masters wrote:

> I am looking for opinions on re-thinking my backup setup. Currently I 
> backup my Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems to a disk on a Windows 
> 2000 box, then I do occasional backups to my DLT drives. I am looking 
> for opinions on the best way to get all of these system backups 
> automated. I use Windows Backup for the Windows systems and Tar for the 
> Unix systems, I would prefer to be able to backup these systems directly 
> to tape, but I would be willing to still backup to disk then to tape.
>
> I have looked at Amanda, Bacula, and a number of commercial solutions.

Is Bacula insufficient for some reason?  IIRC, it has clients for all of 
your above systems.  I haven't used it, but looked into it for a similar 
situation I had.