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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



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