Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:00:25 -0500 From: TrouBle <trouble@hackfurby.com> To: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape backups Message-ID: <37E13E48.4C9F473A@hackfurby.com> References: <4.1.19990914142612.0094da30@unix01.voicenet.com>
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use AMANDA in the FreeBSD ports tree John wrote: > Hi all - > > 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 > total HD space of the 5 machines combined, so that's not a problem. I'm > assuming that this will be possible to do using dumps over NFS, however I > was hoping for some confirmation from someone with more experience in this? > > Thanks in advance, > John > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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