On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 04:27:09AM -0700, Yogesh Hasabnis wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
>  I am trying to figure out a proper backup strategy for our setup, using 
> Amanda as the backup tool. We have roughly 20 Linux/Windows dual-boot 
> machines and one file server with "Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 3" as 
> the OS. To keep the backup procedure simple, we plan to keep all the 
> "critical" data on this file server and only back up the data directories on 
> this file server (No other machine would be backed up). The data to be backed 
> up is currently roughly 100GB and may increase to more than 250GB in the next 
> one year. I am trying to identify the proper backup devices/media for this 
> requirement. The backup devices I am evaluating are
>  1. HP Ultrium 448 Tape Drive
>  2. HP DLT VS160 Tape Drive
>  3. HP SDLT 320
>  4. HP SDLT 600
>  
>  I would like to know whether these backup devices are fully compatible with 
> Amanda. Does anybody on this list use these backup devices in his/her setup ? 

short answers, yes and yes.


longer answer, if your OS and system tools (mt, mtx, dd, tar, etc.)
work with your drive, amanda will as amanda does not use its own drivers.


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