Linux Journal | December 2012 | Issue 224 - ACM Digital Library

BEST BACKUP SOLUTION41.7% rsync11.6% tar8.9% Other*7% Amanda6% Bacula4.4% Simple Linux Backup4.1% Back in Time3.2% Arkeia3.1% BackupPC3.1% rsnapshot2.8% luckyBackup1.7% rdiff-backup1.2% cpio1.2% Mondo.1% BakBone NetVault*Deja Dup and “custom scripts” hadseveral write-in votes.56.1% VirtualBox17.7% VMware13.5% KVM5.3% XenBEST VIRTUALIZATIONSOLUTIONVirtualBox continues to flourish under its Oracleownership. Thankfully, the core product remainsopen source, and its compatibility with freshversions of distributions seems to be fast andup to date. Although it’s not something I’d usefor a server room, VirtualBox does a great job ofemulating desktop environments.3.9% QEMU1.6% Citrix Xenserver1.5% Other.4% OpenVZ.1% Scalent V/OE SoftwareBEST MONITORINGAPPLICATION51.8% Nagios13.4% Other7.9% OpenNMS7.2% Zabbix4.9% Zenoss Core4% Uptime Software3.6% Ganglia3.1% Munin2.5% Hyperic1.6% GroundworkWWW.LINUXJOURNAL.COM / DECEMBER 2012 / 79