On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 09:17:34AM -0400, Jim Power wrote:
> Eric Sproul wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 08:39, Jim Power wrote:
> > 
> >>I am using a Dell PowerEdge SC500 with internal DDS-4 tape drive(scsi) 
> >>and RH8.  Does anyone have a configuration file for this or anything 
> >>close?  I just want to see if I'm on the right track or not.
> > 
> > 
> > Jim,
> > If you haven't seen this already, check out
> > http://amanda.sourceforge.net/fom-serve/cache/91.html
> >
> 
> Eric,
> 
> Thanks for the info.  I  already found the Tape Types list and think I 
> have found a tape type match.  I was actually looking for a config file 
> that resembled what will become mine.  (Single tape drive, 30 Gig 
> uncompressed to back up, 10 tapes to cycle through, etc.)

Where did you get "30GB uncompressed" for a dds4 tape?
Maybe 20 (if you believe marketing), more likely 19.5GB.

As to your amanda.conf file; hopefully you have seen the sample in the
examples directory of the source distribution.  It is extensively commented
and for each of the parameters additional info can be found on the man page
for amanda itself.  In my view that is an as good, possibly better, starting
point than someone else's already customized amanda.conf.  Even with someone
else's file you will have to examine each parameter and see if it seems
appropriate for your site and installation.  My using 3 holding disk areas,
/u, /u2, and /w, is very unlikely to match your site.  My use of 10 tapes
at 2 tapes per run, once a week with full dumps only is very unusual and
probably not suitable for you.

Better (IMHO) is to work up your own amanda.conf and if you have specific
points of uncertainty, ask questions about those points.

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