Author: Matt Burkhardt <mlb AT imparisystems DOT com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 12:39:35 -0400
I'm doing some pro bono work for our local Boys and Girls Club and helping them set up a server. We're using Amanda for a backup and trying to back everything up to a CDR. I thought there was a devic
Author: "Dustin J. Mitchell" <dustin AT zmanda DOT com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:45:38 -0400
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Matt Burkhardt <mlb AT imparisystems DOT com> wrote: I think you're looking for this: http://www.tivano.de/software/amanda/Installation.shtml I *seriously* doubt the
If that code no longer works, one option might be to back up to suitably sized vtapes, and periodically burn your vtapes to CD. In order to make the restores simpler, perhaps after burning to CD (and
Author: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:17:37 -0400
wrote: Most backup sessions result in outputs that would handily exceed the 700mb of a cdr, so it would be a nice coding exercise but far more expensive than a commodity hard drive. Mine even exceed
Author: "Dustin J. Mitchell" <dustin AT zmanda DOT com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:46:23 -0400
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net> wrote: If you want to put your vtapes onto CDRs, you use 700mb vtapes, and set runtapes > 1. I'm sure folks looking for
Author: Chris Hoogendyk <hoogendyk AT bio.umass DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:53:08 -0400
Matt Burkhardt wrote: I'm doing some pro bono work for our local Boys and Girls Club and helping them set up a server. We're using Amanda for a backup and trying to back everything up to a CDR. I tho
Author: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:11:17 -0400
wrote: Chuckle, and I am still booting from 5.25" disks on another legacy system I keep functional in the basement. And it has had some of the modern 3.5-ers retrofitted too. :) Twould be nice if I c
Author: Charles Curley <charlescurley AT charlescurley DOT com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:08:15 -0600
How about a blu-ray disk? I see burners and media are coming down in price. "Be the first kid on your block to see your /etc/passwd in HD!" -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fin
Author: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:58:52 -0400
Maybe for 'braggin rights' Charles. But when dealing with data that is often regenerated by the repetition of the backup runs, non volatile and offline (removable) storage=money in the form of on-goi