Gil, I should also ask... how many partitions are being backed up ? What are the relative sizes of these partitions ? How often do you hope to backup your data ? For what period of time would you like to retain the data ? ie size of tape pool ?
Amanda wants to schedule a level 0 dump each "dumpcycle". It will schedule higher level dumps in between the level 0 dumps. I would "guess" that a DLT drive, even a relatively small DLT 4000 might be enough to backup your data with a pool of 20 days, one/day across a 5 day "week". It is what my site did - but I don't think my solution will necessarilly meet your needs, especially since (I believe) $ 1000 is a little tight to purchase a DLT and tape pool. You could use a lower capacity drive, provided it was large enough to backup the "largest" partition you have - provided someone was in attendance to manually load the next tape, that is "manual" version of a jukebox. Recall that amanda is not designed to span a DLE across multiple output volumes. On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 02:20:58PM -0500, Gil Naveh wrote: > Some more specifications regarding getting a tape drive: > I have a Solaris 9 box which will be the Amanda server > I have to back up another Solaris box as well as a few Window2000 boxes. > The budget for the tape drive is about 500$ to 1000$ (without Jukebox - too > expensive) > I would like to use compression, yet I have no idea about the > compressibility of the data. > > My preferences would be: 1) A device that can store 30GB or more. (most > important) > 2) Easy to configure with Amanda.(very impportant) > 3) Reliable (very impportant) > 3) Fast to record and recover (less important) > thx :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Cuttler > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:27 PM > To: Gil Naveh > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Recommendation for tape drives > > > > Gil, > > Amanda uses native utilities to write the tape drive. > > If you tell us your OS we might have specific recommendations. > > Do you have any idea the compressability of your data, and if you > want to use compression or not ? Jukebox ? Budget ? > > > > On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 12:30:44PM -0500, Gil Naveh wrote: > > > > hi, > > > > Can someone recommend a tape-drive that works well with Amanda and can > > backup about 40-60GB. > > > > Thx, > > Gil > > > --- > Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 > Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 > NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773 > --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773