PenLUG Meeting: Amanda - open source backup January 24, 2008

Amanda is a popular open source network backup and recovery system. The talk will be about Amanda, open source project, how it is different from other backup solutions, current status and why you should use it. A roadmap for the community version will also be presented.

Zmanda is the company that provides enterprise subscription to Amanda. The talk will also cover important features of the recent Amanda enterprise release and how Zmanda contributes to the Amanda community.

Paddy Sreenivasan

Paddy is the Vice President of Engineering and a founder of Zmanda, Inc. He is responsible for technical strategy and development of leading software products for data protection. Paddy has over 13 years of experience in development and management of software for enterprise storage. In addition, he has worked with various open source communities, including leading the development of an open source high-availability clustering solution.

Paddy is one of the Amanda project administrators and developer. He has spoken about Amanda in various user groups and conferences.

Free pizza and other refreshments provided courtesy of Qualys, who are hosting this event.

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