Hi All, I have been tasked with updating my company's aging backup equipment. I am planning on purchasing a new server to run amanda along with a new robotic tape library with two LTO-3 drives. I just want to make sure that the hardware I have selected will work with amanda and the Linux distribution that I have selected for this project. I have about 10 TB of data to back up weekly. Here is what I have in mind:
Server: OS: Debian Linux 2U - 6 SATA HD slots Pentium dual core processor (anyone have trouble with dual core?) 2GB RAM (too much? to little?) 2TB of HD spooling space, RAID0 w/four 500GB drives 120GB of operating system space on RAID1 with two 120GB drives LSI Logic LSI22320 Ultra320 SCSI Dual Channel PCIx card Loader: Overland ARCvault24 w/ two LTO-3 tape drives I guess the main questions I'm trying to figure out are... Is this server appropriate for the task at hand and is the tape equipment that I have selected compatible with amanda? I tried calling Overland, but apparently they have never tested Amanda against the ARCvault, but it clearly works with the Powerloader without trouble. I see no mention of the ARCvault anywhere on this group, so I figured I'd ask and see if anyone out there has had any experience with that particular loader. Thank you very much for your time. ~Andy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know.
