On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:18:38AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 10:12:49AM +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > For the next backup server I'll have to implement, I was asked to see
> > the feasability of using USB disks instead of tapes.
> > 
> > I know there are virtual tapes, but do they work on removable disks?
> 
> That is what I'm using right now, a pair of 300GB USB.

> BTW make sure you have usb 2.0, not 1.1 interfaces in your
> computer.  I had to get an extra card to update my old box.
> Before getting the card I did try an create the filesystem.
> Took 13 hours to run mke2fs :)

Ouch.

The only thing I'll add to this is that Amanda won't mount the
esternal drive, so yu have to see to that. I mount mine during the
boot process.

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