On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 10:29:27AM -0800, Andrius D. Ilgunas wrote: > Thanks a brazillion Charles!! > > I'll probably setup my systems likewise, but I wonder if anyone has any > other opinions on this. > > -- > Andrius
What kind of write speed to S3 can you expect? Can your backups to holding disk exceed that by a sufficient amount that holding disk capacity might be a problem? Jon > > > 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 > > >>> End of included message <<< -- Jon H. LaBadie [email protected] 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (609) 477-8330 (C)
