On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 at 7:44am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

> One problem I foresee is being able to write all the data I have to tape
> fast enough with only one changer. What I'd like to do is attach two
> changers to the same box and run them simultaneously. Can I run two
> separate Amanda configs on the same box at the same time, each one writing
> to it's own changer? And while I'm asking, can Amanda effectively use a
> changer with multiple drives to increase write speed (Maybe this is a
> hardware or driver issue)?

I don't know about your second question, but the answer to your first 
question is "yes", with caveats.  You must make sure that:

1) No client is in both configs.  Without a special patch (which is 
   available from John Jackson), you can't run more than one amandad 
   process on a host.  Thus you can't have two configs trying to contact
   the same client.

2) The holding disks are separate and with limits set such that neither
   config can unexpectedly starve the other for holding disk space.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

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