Amanda - External HDD's

[Tom Brown]

Hi

Not entirely and only related to amanda but i'm sure people have done 
this before so here we go ;)

Linux amanda server (WBEL4) and its using filedriver for virtual tapes 
as client does not want to spend $$$ on an LTO3 drive - a LOT of data here.

So anyone used USB2/Firewire external HDD's as their virtual tapes? How 
does amanda/Linux handle this? I presume that amanda does not really 
care and that this is prehaps more a Linux question but any gotchas? 
makes to avoid? Does Linux mind hotplugging?

Thanks guys