[97227] in RedHat Linux List
Re: support for TR-4/QIC-3095 tape drive?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lance Cummings)
Mon Nov 2 01:50:56 1998
From: "Lance Cummings" <lance@tky3.3web.ne.jp>
To: Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>, redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:49:37 +0900
Reply-to: lance@tky3.3web.ne.jp
In-reply-to: <199811020434.XAA04311@smtp2.erols.com>
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I can't speak about this format and those programs . . . but I would
caution against *any* form of compression that is hardware dependent.
If the drive goes down, you've probably gotta find one with the exact
same firmware in it to use your backups. Sometimes, that's a lot more
difficult than just finding a drive that just matches your tape format. Of
course, you *could* by two drives that are identical. ;-))
Lance
On 1 Nov 98, at 23:30, Charles Galpin wrote:
> Hi
>
> I picked up a Seagate TapeStor STT28000A ( ATAPI / 8GB compressed ) drive
> today. I'm hoping it was not a bad move.
>
> I'm looking for software to backup my Linux system and my Samba mounted
> PCs. I see BRU2000 is not free, and can't download a trial edition.
>
> I've looked at several things, ftape, taper, kbackup, but haven't seen any
> that say they support this format.
>
> Anyone using one of these with free or cheap backup software?
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