[Gluster-devel] Backup support for GlusterFS

[Aravinda]

Hi,

We are trying to implement backup support for GlusterFS. Many Network 
backup utilities like Bacula(open source), Amanda(open source), Symantec 
NetBackup support NDMP(http://www.ndmp.org/). Comparison is available 
here http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=comparisons

Plan is to create glusterfs-ndmp-server, which utilizes glusterfs 
changelogs to detect changes for incremental backup. Design is not yet 
finalized, Comments & Suggestions Welcome.

Looks like a project(https://forge.gluster.org/ndmp-server) in 
forge.gluster is discontinued.

PS: NDMP support is not available in Open Source editions of Bacula and 
Amanda, but available in Enterprise Editions.

References:
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1. NDMP support in NetBackup 
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC6456
2. NDMP Presentation 
http://www.ndmp.org/download/sdk_v4/ndmp-overview-r2.ppt
3. NDMP website http://www.ndmp.org/
4. Bacula and Amanda website http://bacula.org/ and http://www.amanda.org/

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regards
Aravinda