Kai, Amanda never required splitting DLEs into 20 Gig pieces, my 'guess' as to why your site did so is that you either had very limited amanda work area or a very limited backup/tape device.
Amanda for did have a restriction that a DLE could not span an output tape, but that has been lifted (years ago) and DLEs can now span output volumes so that you can put a, er 100Gig DLE onto multiple DLT volumes that are smaller than 100 Gig. I'd still be reluctant to dump DLE that where very large as that would require very large work area and could complicate restores, but it is (at least in theory, I've never heard of a DLE that large) doable. Of course I'm being facecous. I'm quite sure there is a happy medium for DLE size, assuming that your tape and work area technology have improved since you installed amanda 2.5.2pX On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 01:11:21PM +0000, Kai Zimmer wrote: Hi list,<br /><br />i've been using amanda for many years now (stuck at version +2.5.2p1-4). She has been recovering my/our files very reliably for a long time +- thanks a lot for that great piece of software! But by the time files and file +systems are getting bigger (14TB of data on the main backup server right now) +and i can't cope with splitting up my DLEs into chunks of ~20GB anymore, which +i have to do with the (ancient) version of amanda i'm still using. I'm +not exactly sure anymore, why exactly had to split up my DLEs - probably +because of timeout problems. So, i somehow have to reorganize my backup and +therfore have some questions about newer versions of amanda:<br />- Is +splitting up DLEs manually into smaller chunks still necessary with current +versions of amanda?<br />- Is there an option for DLEs not to follow symlinks +to other filesystems?<br />- Is there a way to save files regularly to disk and +only occasionally to tape?<br />- Is there a way to allow DMZ backups without +opening a whole range of ports?<br /><br />thanks,<br />Kai --- Brian R Cuttler brian.cutt...@wadsworth.org Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information which is, or may be, legally privileged or otherwise protected by law from further disclosure. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, please do not distribute, copy or use it or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.
