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Re: Linux Storage Options

2005-02-28 17:13:11
Subject: Re: Linux Storage Options
From: Eric Siegerman <erics AT telepres DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:01:28 -0500
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 02:17:04PM -0000, Gavin Henry wrote:
> Actually, Amanda is very enterprise ready.

On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 03:47:31PM -0500, Brian Cuttler wrote:
> Amanda is limited to DLE (DiskList Entries) that do not exceed the
> capacity of a single tape volume.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 02:04:50PM +0000, Bruce S. Skinner wrote:
> There will always be a race between [disk and tape]
> for the biggest or fastest and there is no telling who is
> going to be out front next week, let alone next year.  It is not
> reasonable to design a system that you know is likely to break
> whenever disk capacity pulls ahead in the race.  If in that
> eventuality you are going to have to adopt another backup solution,
> the reasonable choice is to adopt that other backup solutiuon now.

Gentlemen, your timing is impeccable :-) :-)

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|-_|/  >   Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont.        erics AT telepres DOT com
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