I'd imagine the work area was an issue too, for writing.
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 07:30:30PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 05:11:50PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, everyone - > > > > I would like to suggest an update for the answer to the Size Question, one > > of the top ten questions at http://www.amanda.org/docs/topten.html. I have > > also seen this question on the Zmanda forums; that is, how to make a > > single dump image aka disk list entry span multiple tapes. Traditionally, > > the answer is that you can't. > > > > As of Amanda 2.5, a single dump image can now span multiple tapes. To > > quote Chander Kant from Zmanda, describing the new features list: > > > > ------->8------- > > > > Dump images spanning multiple media volumes: > > > > This major step forward alleviates Amanda's most significant limitation. > > The size of the backed up images is no longer restricted to a single media > > volume but may now span over several volumes. This gets rid of the need of > > the administrator to artificially segment their data into parts which can > > fit into a single media volume (as required in prior versions of Amanda). > > > > ------->8------- > > > > No more manually splitting up the DLEs. > > > > :) > > > > Best regards, > > And no more simple recovery of spanned dumps using > standard unix tools when amanda is not available. > That needs to be pointed out in any revision. > > > -- > Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JG Computing > 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 > Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax) --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
