On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 07:08:02PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 10 May 2007, R Ransbottom wrote:
> >The web docs suggest splitting up your vtape space > Amanda handles vtape with the same intelligence it uses on a regular fixed > size tape. Amanda will promote a full backup that isn't quite due in order > to help maintain an approximately equal tape usage every night. In fact, for > those that come into the amanda arena, expecting to be able to do > incremental's monday-thursday, and a complete full on friday nights are in > for a somewhat rude shock because you have to bend over backwards, and write > scripts that beat her about the brow in order to achieve that hugely tape > wasting schedule. That simply is not in the amanda view of how things work > from the original conception well over a decade ago. I understood all of that; but I don't know how much intelligence Amanda brings to physical tapes. I have an small assortment of devices that can be dedicated to backups: a few DVD-RWs, a few CD-RWs, and a pair of 20gig DATs, Is it a good idea to have a set of tapes that encompass these various devices? Would Amanda burn a DVD one day and use the DAT when the DVD is too small? Thanks. Be well, rir
