On Tue, 6 May 2003 at 11:01am, PMGardner AT aircraftbraking DOT com wrote

> Hello, all.  I'm new to the group and the AMANDA softare but have
> made the application my first choice alternative to an expensive,
> enterprise
> solution.  I will be backing up 66 UNIX hosts and have listed my
> spec'ed hardware and software choices below along with some
> questions.  I would appreciate any feedback or insight to these
> items, or others for that matter, anyone might have.
> 
> Server HW - Dell PowerEdge 2600, 1.8GHz Xeon, 512MB RAM, 146GB 10k HD
> Server SW - Redhat 8.0
> Tape HW - Overland Data 810 (Single DLT8000 drive, 10 slot stacker)
> 
> - Should I better the HW in one area or another?  PSR?  HD?  RAM?

I use a PIII 500 with 384MB of RAM and IDE disks to back up ~180GB (post 
compression) nightly to an AIT3 library.  The server really doesn't need 
to be beefy, and a big, cheap IDE disk makes for great holding space.

> - We're primarily a Sun shop.  Should I go Solaris on SPARC vs.
> Redhat on Intel?

Go with whatever makes you most comfortable.  Amanda is equally at home on 
Solaris as Linux.

> - Is anyone using AMANDA with old Intergraph CLIX stations?  These
> make up the bulk of my stations (90%) with 2GB to 4GB drives max.

Can't help you there.

> Do I need a client for such an OS or can I do a NFS mount or the
> likes?

That you can do, although a native client is preferred if possible.  
You'll need to use tar for NFS mounted partitions, obviously.

> - I will be backing up Solaris, HP-UX, and IRIX with anywhere from
> 4GB to 36GB drives.

Shouldn't be a problem at all.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University