Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 08:57:54 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape backups Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990915085635.58162B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990914142612.0094da30@unix01.voicenet.com>
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, John wrote: > My boss hit me with this question, and I'm not sure of the answer. We are > looking at buying 5 new servers, all of which will be configured (my > byself.... *gulp*) to run FBSD. In an effort to save $$$, he wants to omit > tape drives from each server, and instead get one server with a > tape-changer in it. In turn, he wants to use that one tape changer to > backup all 5 machines nightly. The capacity of the changer will exceed the Take a look at amanda (in ports/misc). It is designed for this sort of thing, and works reasonably well. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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