From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jan 4 21:32:21 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4C3A37B401 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 21:32:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from vienna9.his.com (vienna9.his.com [216.200.68.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B12C43EA9 for ; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 21:32:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (shub@[127.0.0.1]) by vienna9.his.com (8.11.6/8.10.1) with ESMTP id h052T5f26523; Sat, 4 Jan 2003 21:29:06 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20030101124419.GA14165@sleepy.wojomedia.com> References: <3E0DC536.8010001@slaudiovis.org> <3E0EBC49.86AD7E28@mindspring.com> <3E0FF119.7792A270@mindspring.com> <20030101124419.GA14165@sleepy.wojomedia.com> X-Grok: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Reply-By: Wed, 1 Jan 1984 12:34:56 +0100 Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 20:21:49 -0600 To: Tim From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Backup Solutions Cc: Brad Knowles , chat@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 6:44 AM -0600 2003/01/01, Tim wrote: >> IIRC, Amanda doesn't support stackers or libraries. Are there >> any other tools that do? > > Amanda supports stackers and libraries just fine. In what way? How does it keep a library of what tape is used for what content? How does it keep track of how many times a particular tape has been used, so that you know when it should be retired? How does it deal with mixing on-site and off-site backups, perhaps in a G-F-S scheme? -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message