On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 03:47:55PM -0400, Roger Wilber wrote:
> I've been looking for software that will allow me to backup my large
> amount of data as simple tar archives on DLT tapes for permanent
> archival.  This will happen only once and will be the final backup of
> the data EVER.  I do not get to choose the type or format of tapes
> used nor do I get to choose the archive format (otherwise our
> pre-existing Networker backups would be just fine).
> 
> Networker can not write to the tapes in a simple tar archive so that is out.
> 
> The question comes down to simply this - does Amanda hold any promise
> of making this task easier or am I still left to manually breaking up
> my 6TB of data into nice 35 - 40GB bites and shoving them at the
> tapes?
> 
> After a lot of reading I am beginning to suspect that Amanda may be
> very nice for day to day backup needs but that the setup for a single,
> final backup may be a less than optimal use of my time.
> 

My opinion:  your assessment regarding amanda is accurate.

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