Hi, Joe, on Dienstag, 31. August 2004 at 21:49 you wrote to amanda-users:
JK> Gavin Henry wrote: >> Amanda is much better than that. It will but the backup in a holding disk >> i.e. folder/partition until space runs out or hits the limit you set. [...] >> Read the docs first and look at this site: >> >> http://www.oops.co.at/AMANDA-docs/index.html Thanks, Gavin. JK> So... is amanda really not made for disaster recovery? That's great JK> that it will back up to a holding disk with no tape but if the hard JK> drive dies it's rather meaningless. Give it a tape. Disaster Recovery is a special thing. AMANDA does still help you in this case, as "she" makes it possible to restore your tapes WITHOUT any AMANDA-software installed. Take any UNIX/Linux with a proper tapedrive and go. It is not a very good argument to say AMANDA is bad, because the disk onto which it dumps your data in the case you failed to change the tape fails. This reminds me of the old problem: You have a light which tells you your brakes failed. What if this light fails? You get a light which tells you that the light failed, that tells you your brakes failed. What if THIS light fails? Dumping to the holdingdisk provides an additional layer of security in the case you put in the wrong tape, your drive eats the tape or something similar. AMANDA is not designed to take care of harddisks. Stefan G. Weichinger mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]