Hello, my XOA trial recently expired, and I was surprised to find that the free version has no backup capabilities at all. I had planned to use the free edition and supplement missing features externally, but relying solely on Bacula without native XOA support is just too much work.
I know Vates doesn’t recommend using the source-built community edition in production, but I’m trying to understand why. Is it strictly due to the lack of official support, or are there genuine security concerns?
Also, does anyone have a recommendation for a reliable community build script? I’d be curious to hear if others are successfully running the community edition in production environments.
When running the source code directly it isn’t completely vetted for highly stable production use. Basically you are using the latest and greatest and the risks are higher for failure.
It all depends on risk tolerance. Nothing is stopping you from running this in production. But if you are a sysadmin and data is critical and your entire disaster recovery planning relies heavily on stability then it’s not wise to run this in production.