Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> writes: > I should probably point out that ALL my problems with bad crc's of the > holding disk files went away when I replaced the holding disk, which was > apparently an SMR disk, with an SSD of 1/4 the size of the spinning rust > disk. And my backup times to get all 6 machines were sped up from > around two hours to under 30 minutes. All by the non-SMR, SSD holding > disk. So at the very least, I can sure recommend an SSD as a holding > disk.
My 2 cents about using SSD for holding disk: over 15 years of running amanda on hard disks, the only disk problem I ever had was with the holding disk and the disk did get damaged in the holding disk area. It seems that the holding disk function puts a tremendous usage on the disk (especially with compression on the server I presume) to the point of damaging a hard disk. I am wondering how an SSD will cope. Best regards, Olivier
