On Friday 26 March 2004 11:25, Brian Cuttler wrote:
>Gene,
>
>The saga on TAR was that I've just put in place a (newer) version
>of amanda what was compiled to know about gnu tar. This was
> installed on the SGI/IRIX that serves /usr/local to (most) of the
> sgi systems on sight.
>
>This allowed me to create a new amanda server on a system that had
>no backups at all before. That machine has only itself as its single
>client and has a .866 Terrabyte (raid array) and a 8-cartridge
> jukebox with an SDLT 320.
>
>We don't actually have been to move from dump to tar on the server
>that has /usr/local, and for that matter is itself and amanda-server
>with several clients (but not the system with the Terrabyte drive
>and jukebox).
>
>As an added benifit, I have another client of /usr/local which is
>also another amanda-server with several clients. This is the target
>of today's email.
>
>That system was, as a pleaseant side-effect, now able to move from
>dump to tar for one of its DLEs, now 3 DLEs. While the drive has
>multiple partitions I'd created one so large that it would not dump
>to the attached DLT 8000. It did for a few months and then the users
>filled it enough that even after compression it would not fit on
>the DLT.
>
>The current tapetype here is "35000 mbytes" (I didn't know that when
>I wrote the earlier email). I don't know why planner overestimated
> as much as it did but I'm thinking I was ok in my settings, if
> anything I erred on the small side.
>
>The rest is a complete digression...
>
>You are right, more tape would help, larger cartridge, another new
>jukebox... something. But its all grantfunded, researcher
> controlled, I'm just "supposed to make it go".
>
>We now have 17 amanda servers on sight, we eliminated the last DDS
>drive 2 weeks ago. Drives are DLT 4000, 7000, 8000, SDLT 110(?),
> 360, DLT 220 and we have just added the 3rd jukebox, 2 Sun Storedge
> L9 which have the LTO drives and the new one, I know actually know
> the vendor name but this info comes back from mtx.
>
>[samar] ~ 2> /usr/local/sbin/mtx -f /dev/scsi/sc1d4l0 inquiry
>Product Type: Medium Changer
>Vendor ID: 'BDT '
>Product ID: 'ThinStor AutoLdr'
>Revision: 'T16r'
>Attached Changer API: No
>
>Oh, We use amanda on both Solaris (eliminated the last SunOS two
>weeks ago) and IRIX.
>
>16 of the 17 amanda-servers we manage, the 17th we are second line
>of support for.
>
>I should have just sent this as a new inventory.
>
> thanks,
>
> Brian
>
So you are in fact in better shape than I had a vision of. I'm aware
that most public agencies are generally either lowest bid, or grant
driven. Sorta like doing an engine swap back in the 50's when I was
playing with hot rods, bring everything you know you'll need, and 500
bucks (this was 1955 dollars too) to cover everything you have to run
out and buy at the last minute to make that hemi head fit in a '46
ford convertable. Been there, done that. Might even have the
T-shirt yet, someplace only God knows about...
Obviously you are resourcefull, and will "make" it work, even if the
grant writer left out the all important extra "$500" to glue it all
together. How you do so is something I'm sure we all would like to
read about. :-)
[snip]
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Cheers, Gene
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