+ * IPv6 friendly.
+
+ * Runs transparently from cron as needed.
+
+ * Span tapes, i.e. if a single backup is too large for one tape,
+ Amanda will split it and put the pieces on multiple tapes
+ automatically.
+
+ * Application API allows custom backups for applications such as
+ relational databases, or for special file systems.
+
+ * Executes user-provided pre- and post-backup scripts, for,
+ e.g. enforcing database referential integrity.
+
+ * Award-winning! Including: Linux Journal Readers' Choice Award.
+
+ * Lots of other options; Amanda is very configurable.
+
+WHAT ARE THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR AMANDA?
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Amanda requires a host that has access to disks (local, NAS or SAN) or
+a large capacity tape drive or library. All modern tape formats,
+e.g. LTO, EXABYTE, DAT or DLT are supported. This becomes the "backup
+server host". All the computers you are going to backup are the
+"backup client hosts". The server host can also be a client host.
+
+Amanda works best with one or more large "holding disk" partitions on
+the server host available to it for buffering dumps before writing to
+tape. The holding disk allows Amanda to run backups in parallel to
+the disk, only writing them to tape when the backup is finished. Note
+that the holding disk is not required: without it Amanda will run
+backups sequentially to the tape drive. Running it this way may not
+be optimal for performance, but still allows you to take advantage of
+Amanda's other features.
+
+As a rule of thumb, for best performance the holding disk should be
+larger than the dump output from your largest disk partitions. For
+example, if you are backing up some terabyte disks that compress down
+to 500 GB, then you'll want at least 500 GB on your holding disk. On
+the other hand, if those terabyte drives are partitioned into 50 GB
+filesystems, they'll probably compress down to 25 GB and you'll only
+need that much on your holding disk. Amanda will perform better with
+larger holding disks.
+
+Actually, Amanda will still work if you have full dumps that are
+larger than the holding disk: Amanda will send those dumps directly to
+tape one at a time. If you have many such dumps you will be limited
+by the dump speed of those machines.