Some more specifications regarding getting a tape drive:
I have a Solaris 9 box which will be the Amanda server
I have to back up another Solaris box as well as a few Window2000 boxes.
The budget for the tape drive is about 500$ to 1000$ (without Jukebox - too
expensive)
I would like to use compression, yet I have no idea about the
compressibility of the data.

My preferences would be: 1) A device that can store 30GB or more. (most
important)
                         2) Easy to configure with Amanda.(very impportant)
                         3) Reliable (very impportant)
                         3) Fast to record and recover (less important)
thx :)



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org]On Behalf Of Brian Cuttler
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:27 PM
To: Gil Naveh
Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: Recommendation for tape drives



Gil,

Amanda uses native utilities to write the tape drive.

If you tell us your OS we might have specific recommendations.

Do you have any idea the compressability of your data, and if you
want to use compression or not ? Jukebox ? Budget ?



On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 12:30:44PM -0500, Gil Naveh wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> Can someone recommend a tape-drive that works well with Amanda and can
> backup about 40-60GB.
>
> Thx,
> Gil
>
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