Hey there, Thanx you guys for the feedback. I will build a test setup using RAIT with vtapes and mirroring, it looks like a cool solution
I have one more question: Do I have to make the vtapes a large as the real tapes? I though it wouldn't just be wise but mandatory... But even wiser to ask you guys ;) gr, \Wrrr. On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 23:53 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Wrrr10-G schrieb: > > Hi there, > > > > I was wondering the following: > > > > Is there a simple way to hack holding.c so the dumps are kept in the > > holdingdisk after amflush has finished streaming to tape? > > > > I would like to hang on to these dumps for a while for fast restores.. > > but still have the tape for archiving purposes. I am aware that this > > greatly resembles an item on the wishlist: > > "Keep files on holding disk after taped, that will permit faster > > recovery because they will be from holding disk, these dump will be > > erased when the same is needed for newer dump." > > but 'managing' the dumps myself would work fine for me. > > > > If this is not the place to ask such questions about Amanda's > > functionality please tell me, and I will not bother you with it again. > > > > > > thanx for your time, > > Seems like you would really appreciate the VRAIT-setup Paul suggests: > > Write stuff to physical AND vtapes in parallel ... (not exactly keeping > files/dumps in holdingdisk, but anyway ... the result is the same) > > Dig wiki.zmanda.com for details (until Paul hops in). > > Stefan
