Hello Oliver,
On Wednesday , 30. May 2001 13:57 Olivier Nicole wrote:
> Wow, is there any 10TB tape available yet?
I don't think so. As i wrote we want to work without tapes and instead use
IDE-RAIDs. As one PC can hold 2 RAIDs with up to 1.44 TB we will have a
least 7 PCs providing diskspace for backup. As far as our calculations go so
far (we still calculate as we try to compare it against a lot of tape-systems
;-) IDE-RAIDs are cheaper than tapes.
> I think it is a bit too ambitious for Amanda (load balancing, cross
> location...).
Load-Balancing is a "would be nice" and not a must. Cross-location was meant
in a way that we have 3 separate Amanda installations, each in a different
locations. System A at location A will backup the clients on location B and
the system on location B; system B on location B will backup clients at C and
System A, and so on. Should be no problem for any software. I just mentioned
that in fact it might matter that it is possible to split up the system into
3 (or more) smaller chunks.
And as i said: if Amanda can only provide a base for what we want, there is
still the option to enhance Amanda (if it is not too much work or completely
out of reality), as there is a budget to buy a software. And if you know what
a licence for Networker (50 Clients, 2 Storange Nodes, ...) costs, you know
what we could pay a programmer ;-)
Yours
Arne Kl�cker
