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Re: Holding disks and the disk output driver
2003-06-10 14:22:38
Ted,
I just noticed that you mentioned using the disk output driver. I
believe my problem with Amanda dropping into degraded mode was specific
to using the tape output driver (I use disk directories that are seen as
virtual tapes). Sorry for confusing the issue...
Steve
Steven M. Wilson wrote:
Ted,
I've been using a 2 TB disk array for the past month or so and it's
been working great for me without a holding disk. Using a holding
disk will require more free disk space plus the additional time to
transfer from the holding disk to the backup disk.
I recommend getting a patch from Jean-Louis Martineau
(martinea AT IRO.UMontreal DOT CA) which prevents a client error from forcing
Amanda to go into degraded mode. When Amanda operates in degraded
mode, it will only write to the holding disk, which in my case doesn't
exist. But the patch prevents client-side errors from putting Amanda
into degraded mode which allows my backups to continue being written
to the backup disks.
Steve
Ted Cabeen wrote:
If you're using the disk output driver to run backups to a large disk
array, is there any reason to use a holding disk?
--
Steven M. Wilson, Systems and Network Manager
Markey Center for Structural Biology
Purdue University
stevew AT purdue DOT edu 765.496.1946
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