On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 10:46:47 -0500, Alain Terriault
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I use a dat24 form HP and BRU for backup of all the machines and that
> >RAID. I found out I could only put 12Gig on one DAT .. never could get
> >24 under any UNIX. So it takes 3 night to bk everything .. this is
> >really not ideal.
>
> I once asked Walnut Creek how they back up their huge disk storage.
> They told me they don't back it up!! If it breaks they reconstruct
> from their mirrors.
>
> I was astounded at first, but as I thought more about it, I decided to
> do the same myself. I have mirrors of most everything, and real tape
> backups for only configuration data like /etc.
I would suggest looking at Amanda. Its a little troublesome to configure in
the beginnging (not the best READMEs'). Once you have it configured it runs
like a dream. It also supports compression. We use the same DAT tapes you do.
Check it out at http://www.amanda.org/
Regards,
Gavin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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