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Item n: Implement NDMP protocol support
Origin: Alan Davis
Date: 06 March 2007
Status: Submitted

What: Network Data Management Protocol is implemented by a number of
NAS filer vendors to enable
backups using third-party software.

Why: This would allow NAS filer backups in Bacula without incurring
the overhead of NFS or SBM/CIFS.

Notes: Further information is available:
http://www.ndmp.org
http://www.ndmp.org/wp/wp.shtml
http://www.traakan.com/ndmjob/index.html

There are currently no viable open-source NDMP
implementations. There is a reference SDK and
example app available from ndmp.org but it
has problems compiling on recent Linux and Solaris OS'. The ndmjob
reference implementation from Traakan is known to compile on Solaris 10.

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On Tuesday 06 March 2007 17:40, Alan Davis wrote:
Item n: =A0 Implement NDMP protocol support
=A0 Origin: Alan Davis
=A0 Date: =A0 06 March 2007
=A0 Status: Submitted

=A0 What: =A0 Network Data Management Protocol is implemented by a number=
of
NAS filer vendors to enable
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 backups using third-party software.

=A0 Why: =A0 =A0This would allow NAS filer backups in Bacula without incu=
rring
the overhead of NFS or SBM/CIFS.

=A0 Notes: =A0Further information is available:
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.ndmp.org
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.ndmp.org/wp/wp.shtml
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 http://www.traakan.com/ndmjob/index.html

=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 There are currently no viable open-source NDMP
implementations. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 There is=
a reference SDK and
example app available from ndmp.org but it
has problems compiling on recent Linux and Solaris OS'. The ndmjob
reference implementation from Traakan is known to compile on Solaris 10.

NDMP appears to be a closed source solution -- see recent discussions
on this list.

I am not at all in favor of this until NDMP becomes
an Open Standard or until there are Open Source libraries
that interface to it.