--On Tuesday, October 26, 2004 21:31:54 +0200 Thorsten Bremer <lists-read AT 
thoddi DOT de> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> in the "normal" way, amanda collects the dumps on the holding disk and
> write them to tape, while amanda dumps another directory in the
> background and so on.
> 
> But after installing a new streamer, my computer is too slow for this.
> I can only dump to the holding disk OR writing data to tape at one
> time, not both together (the streamer is too fast, the disk too slow).
> 
> Yes, a hardware-update is on the way :-))
> 
> Is there a way to tell amanda, that he must not dump and tape-writing
> in parallel, but one step after the other?

Amanda is designed to do as much in parallel as possible, so it
may be difficult to get it to do that.
   The only way I could think of would be to not put a tape in
and let it all go to disk, then insert tape and run amflush.  This
assumes you have enogh holdingdisk space to contain your backup.

Frank

> 
> Thank's.
> 
> -- 
> Bis denne,                 <° ><
>            Thoddi



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