Thanks a brazillion Charles!! I'll probably setup my systems likewise, but I wonder if anyone has any other opinions on this.
-- Andrius On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Charles Curley < [email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:44:07 -0800 > "Andrius D. Ilgunas" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We're setting up amanda on our servers, and the primary backup is > > going to be on a dedicated disk/virtual tapes. One of the offsite > > locations is going to be a bucket on Amazon's S3. > > > > Now I see that amanda has the capability of writing to multiple > > volumes in parallel, but I'm wondering if it would be more efficient > > to have amada write the backup to the localdisk first and then use > > rsync to mirror that backup onto the S3 bucket. > > > > Or would it be a better idea to have amanda manage both > > "tapechangers"? > > > > Any discussion would be most welcome! > > What I do is similar to your first proposal. I back up to virtual > tapes, then rsync to external hard drive for off site backup. > > > http://charlescurley.com/blog/articles/off_site_backups_for_amanda/index.html > > You probably want to save the metadata so that restores from offsite > will be easier. > > > http://charlescurley.com/blog/articles/backing_up_amanda_metadata/index.html > > -- > > The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, > and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be > violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, > supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the > place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. > -- U.S. Const. Amendment IV > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB >
