I don't know if you're open to purchasing more hardware, but I'm surprised that more people don't use DVD-RAM. That's what I use here (not with Bacula, though) and I am able to make a file system, mount and write to a DVD-RAM disk in the same manner as a hard drive. DVD-RAM has been supported by the kernel for several years now.
As far as using it with Bacula is concerned it would just be writing to a file. Afterwards you would unmount it, remove it and store it some place safe. HTH's! cmr On Monday 27 June 2005 02:23 pm, Misty Stanley-Jones wrote: > I have one server that I want to back up to DVD. There are a couple ways > to do it. Right now it is backing up to disk and running a script to copy > the volume to dvd at the end. OK but then I cannot restore directly from > DVD. I do not want to use bimagemanager because I do not want to have to > manually kick off the burning process. Also I want to use the fewest > separate writes as possible to preserve the lifetime of the DVDs. So have > I hit upon my only solution? It is workable but I am just wondering if it > is the best way. > > Thanks, > Misty > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Debian 'Sarge': Registered Linux User #241964 ---- "More laws, less justice." -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC -------- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
