+ * Supports tape changers via a generic interface. Easily
+ customizable to any type of tape library, carousel, robot,
+ stacker, or virtual tape that can be controlled via the unix
+ command line.
+
+ * Device API provides a pluggable interface to storage
+ devices. Bundled drivers support tapes and virtual tapes on disk,
+ DVD-RW, RAIT, and Amazon S3. The bundled amvault can then copy to
+ removable media for off-site (D2D2T) or cloud storage (D2D2C).
+
+ * Supports secure communication between server and client using
+ OpenSSH, allowing secure backup of machines in a DMZ or out in the
+ Internet.
+
+ * Can encrypt backup archives on Amanda client or on Amanda server
+ using GPG or any encryption program.
+
+ * Can compress backup archives before sending or after sending over
+ the network, with compress, gzip or a custom program.
+
+ * Supports Kerberos 5 security, including encrypted dumps.
+
+ * Recovers gracefully from errors, including down or hung machines.
+
+ * Reports results in detail, including all errors, via email.
+
+ * Dynamically adjusts the backup schedule to keep within
+ constraints: no more juggling by hand when adding disks and
+ computers to your network.
+
+ * Backup normalization: Amanda schedules full and incremental
+ backups so you don't have to, and so as to spread the load across
+ the backup cycle. Amanda will intelligently promote a backup level
+ in case it is determines that is optimal for resources.
+
+ * Includes a pre-run checker program, that conducts sanity checks on
+ both the tape server host and all the client hosts (in parallel),
+ and will send an e-mail report of any problems that could cause
+ the backups to fail.
+
+ * IPv6 friendly.
+
+ * Runs transparently from cron as needed.
+
+ * Span tapes, i.e. if a single backup is too large for one tape,
+ Amanda will split it and put the pieces on multiple tapes
+ automatically.
+
+ * Application API allows custom backups for applications such as
+ relational databases, or for special file systems.
+
+ * Executes user-provided pre- and post-backup scripts, for,
+ e.g. enforcing database referential integrity.
+
+ * Award-winning! Including: Linux Journal Readers' Choice Award.
+
+ * Lots of other options; Amanda is very configurable.