On 2007-10-02 12:34, Ingo Freund wrote:

Hi list,

I have some questions about a backup to disk setup:

- is a holding disk really needed?

Usually, yes.  To allow parallelism.

http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/FAQ:Should_I_use_a_holdingdisk_when_the_final_destination_of_the_backup_is_a_virtual_tape%3F

- the wiki says the vtape-partitions should not
  be in a amanda backup-to-tape setup - why?

Because you would make a backup of the backup that was being
written, possibly filling an infinite amount of diskspace.
Or what do you expect?
Note that the word "partition" is not really correct here.
Only the "subtree" needs to be eliminated.

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