Bacula Consulting

Zwiegnet offers expert Bacula consulting — the powerful, open-source, network backup solution trusted for enterprise-grade data protection. We help organizations design, deploy, and manage scalable Bacula environments for physical, virtual, and cloud workloads.

Our Bacula services include:

• Architecture & Design – Scalable topologies with Director, Storage Daemons, File Daemons, multiple storage pools, and cloud/S3 integration.
• Installation & Configuration – Full Bacula deployments (Community or Enterprise), catalog database setup (PostgreSQL/MySQL/SQLite), and client configuration.
• Backup Strategy Development – Job scheduling, retention policies, full/incremental/differential strategies, encryption, and deduplication planning.
• Storage Optimization – Tape libraries, disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T), cloud storage (Amazon S3, Backblaze), and volume management.
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery – Multi-Director setups, catalog replication, offsite copying, and tested restore procedures.
• Security Hardening – TLS encryption between components, password authentication, access controls, and secure console usage.
• Performance Tuning – Concurrent jobs, bandwidth throttling, spool optimization, and large-scale client handling.
• Monitoring & Reporting – Integration with Nagios, Prometheus, custom scripts, and detailed job/status reporting.
• Virtualization & Cloud Support – Backup of VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, Docker containers, and cloud instances.
• Troubleshooting & Recovery – Rapid diagnosis of failed jobs, catalog corruption, restore issues, and bare-metal recovery planning.

Bacula provides enterprise features without licensing costs — we ensure your implementation is reliable, efficient, and ready for real-world recovery scenarios.

Located between Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin since 2009 — direct access to experienced Bacula administrators with large, complex production deployments.