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Re: Some noop questions (RAID with Amanda)

2007-11-12 07:34:15
Subject: Re: Some noop questions (RAID with Amanda)
From: Marc Muehlfeld <Marc.Muehlfeld AT medizinische-genetik DOT de>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:26:16 +0100
AN@S schrieb:
Thanks for your help, I've mounted my amandadisks folder and everything is
alright. But do I have to mount  the holding folder too  or any log files?
> Actually I wonder what does the holding folder exactly do?

This depents on what you have and what you want. If you want to have the holdingdisk on the Raid-5-Array too, then yes. But the holdingdisk just stores the data before it's send to it's final destination (vtape, tape). After that it's cleared again.

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


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