Hello,
I'm quite new to all this tape storage stuff, so please be kind. After some research I came to this streamer with eight AIT-3 tapes. http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xPF-Sony_AIT_Library_LIB_D81_A3_LIBD81A3EU
Now I wonder if amanda works fine with it. The system is currently runnig SuSE Linux 8.2 with Kernel 2.4.20
I do not even know if the streamer is supported by the kernel.
Also I would take recommendations for other tape devices. I have a free external U-SCSI 160 port on the server and would take every storage solution that provides about 600-800 gigs of uncompressed capacity. Maybe a little less would be enough if compression is good. Data is mostly large images, so I guess compression won't work that well.
So what I really need is a newbie's guide to data storage. Which streamer to buy without spending more than about max. 3k-4k Euro/ Dollars. Less is always appreciated. It should run with the kernel 2.4.20 and amanda.
By the way, I forum post got me to amanda. Is it really a full featured backup solution with daily incremental backups? Can they be made on the same set of tapes until they are full? How does it work when I change the tapeset weekly. What I mean is that there is always one backup set out of the building and one set in the streamer with daily backups.
Geez, sorry if some the answers are in the FAQ, couldn't obviously see any of the answers there and as I said, I am new to all this.
Tnx in advance!
-- TheQL°