On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 03:47:55PM -0400, Roger Wilber wrote: > I've been looking for software that will allow me to backup my large > amount of data as simple tar archives on DLT tapes for permanent > archival. This will happen only once and will be the final backup of > the data EVER. I do not get to choose the type or format of tapes > used nor do I get to choose the archive format (otherwise our > pre-existing Networker backups would be just fine). > > Networker can not write to the tapes in a simple tar archive so that is out. > > The question comes down to simply this - does Amanda hold any promise > of making this task easier or am I still left to manually breaking up > my 6TB of data into nice 35 - 40GB bites and shoving them at the > tapes? > > After a lot of reading I am beginning to suspect that Amanda may be > very nice for day to day backup needs but that the setup for a single, > final backup may be a less than optimal use of my time. >
My opinion: your assessment regarding amanda is accurate. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
