On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:18:38AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 10:12:49AM +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > Hi, > > > > For the next backup server I'll have to implement, I was asked to see > > the feasability of using USB disks instead of tapes. > > > > I know there are virtual tapes, but do they work on removable disks? > > That is what I'm using right now, a pair of 300GB USB.
> BTW make sure you have usb 2.0, not 1.1 interfaces in your > computer. I had to get an extra card to update my old box. > Before getting the card I did try an create the filesystem. > Took 13 hours to run mke2fs :) Ouch. The only thing I'll add to this is that Amanda won't mount the esternal drive, so yu have to see to that. I mount mine during the boot process. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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