On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 05:26:39PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > On 2018-03-23 08:25, hy...@lactose.homelinux.net wrote: > > > "Ryan, Lyle (US)" writes: > > > > > > > The server has an 11TB filesystem to store the backups in. I should > > > > probably be fancier and split this up more, but not now. So I've got > > > > my > > > > holding, state, and vtapes directories all in there. > > > > > > In this scenario, I would think there's no point to a "holding" disk. > > > > 3. If something happens to the data storage device(s), the holding > disk (HD) can continue to collect your backups. My HD is big > enough to hold about 4 typical runs. Should the storage outage > be protracted and HD space gets low, amanda switches to "degraded" > mode and only does incrementals.
Umm ... we aren't talking about the benefits of a holding disk. We're specifically talking about the benefits of a holding disk **on the same device** as the virtual tapes. --hymie!
