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Re: A virtual tape question

2006-02-05 12:46:03
Subject: Re: A virtual tape question
From: stan <stanb AT panix DOT com>
To: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 12:38:42 -0500
On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 10:43:44AM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 10:17:17AM -0500, stan wrote:
> > I'm preparing to upgrade an existing Amanda installation.
> > 
> > It's been a while since I looked at what Amanda can do, since the existing
> > system "just works". I'm considering using virtual tapes, in some fashion
> > on the new system.
> > 
> > These leads me to a question (perhaps the first of several). Reading
> > through http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/File_driver It recommends putting
> > the virtual tape disk(s) on a different server than the holding disk(s). Am
> > I reading this correctly? 
> > 
> 
> Without reading it myself, I suspect it meant different physical
> disk so there would not be such contention for a single disk
> for two purposes.
> 
Indeed, once I re-read it, that is what it says.

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