On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 09:38:32PM +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Hi, John,
> on Dienstag, 17. Mai 2005 at 20:16 you wrote to amanda-users:
> JY> Folks,
> JY>    If you are using vtapes on a RAID for your backup
> JY> media, is there any point to also using a holding disk?
> JY> I can easily understand the use of a holding disk if
> JY> you are using real tapes but am not sure what it buys
> JY> you if you are using vtapes.  Any comments?
> As already mentioned in the HOWTO the main benefit of using a
> holdingdisk is increasing parallelity. So it also makes good sense to
> use it with vtapes also.

Is it normal for some dumps to go directly to tape, skipping the holding
disk?

I see that happening sometimes, but wonder if it means I have something
misconfigured.

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