Ralf Auer schrieb:
> Hi everybody,
> 
>       I'm trying to use two physical tape drives (HP Ultrium 960) with
> Amanda. According to the manual, I could use a tape changer (e.g.
> chg-multi) to get the job done, but that would write only to one disk at
> a time, right?
> 
> I do not want to split my backup in two different configurations, so
> maybe you know a way how to use both tapes simultaneously in one
> configuration? I am pretty sure, it can be done, because otherways the
> 'runtapes' option in amanda.conf would not make much sense, I think...
> 
> Unfortunately I did not find anything helpful about that issue in the
> manual or the mailing list.
> 
> At the moment I am using Amanda 2.4.5 on Ubuntu 5.10 & FC3 but I would
> not mind to upgrade if a newer Amanda version is needed for this feature.

RAIT:

http://www.amanda.org/docs/rait.html
http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Set_Up_RAIT_(Redundant_Array_of_Independent_Tapes)

Stefan

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