Amanda
Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
Amanda is a mature backup solution that allows an administrator to set up a single backup server to back up multiple hosts to tape, disk, or cloud storage. It is widely used in enterprise environments.
Key features
- Centralized network backups
- Tape, disk, and cloud targets
- Mature enterprise tooling
Strengths
- Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
- Written in C
- Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
Amanda replaces
Compare Amanda
9 head-to-head comparisons.
Similar backup & recovery apps
Rclone
Backup & RecoverySync and copy files to dozens of cloud providers
Replaces Backblaze
Restic
Backup & RecoveryFast, secure, efficient backup program
Replaces Backblaze, Carbonite
Duplicati
Backup & RecoveryFree backup software with a friendly web UI
Replaces Backblaze, Carbonite
Kopia
Backup & RecoveryFast, encrypted backup with a clean interface
Replaces Backblaze, Carbonite
BorgBackup
Backup & RecoveryDeduplicating archiver with compression and encryption
Replaces Carbonite, Backblaze
Velero
Backup & RecoveryBackup and migrate Kubernetes cluster resources
Replaces Kasten K10