[BBLISA] Amanda vs legato?

[Scott Ehrlich]

I'm pricing some lto autoloaders for a RH5 server and am looking for 
ultra-reliable backup software for it.   I'm currently looking at the Sun C2 
Autoloader with LTO3 magazines.

Amanda is a free option, but I also know many people highly recommend legato. 
What are insights from this list?   Obviously, amanda is free (wrt redhat 
support), and legato costs a lot more, but it would be paid-for support from 
EMC.

>From the operational and support perspectives, what are the list's 
recommendations?

Thanks.

Scott