On 02.10.2007 12:49, Paul Bijnens wrote (please find the answer below the original text): > On 2007-10-02 12:34, Ingo Freund wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I have some questions about a backup to disk setup: >> >> - is a holding disk really needed? > > Usually, yes. To allow parallelism. > > http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/FAQ:Should_I_use_a_holdingdisk_when_the_final_destination_of_the_backup_is_a_virtual_tape%3F >
ok, understood. That makes sense. > >> - the wiki says the vtape-partitions should not >> be in a amanda backup-to-tape setup - why? > > Because you would make a backup of the backup that was being > written, possibly filling an infinite amount of diskspace. > Or what do you expect? > Note that the word "partition" is not really correct here. > Only the "subtree" needs to be eliminated. > I don't expect amanda filling infinite diskspace, why should it do so? If not making "backups to tape" of the "backups to disk", what would be the amanda solution of a "backup-to-disk-to-tape"? -- Bye - Ingo.
