From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 21 15:30:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29619 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:30:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29613 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:30:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA02370; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807212229.PAA02370@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: David Wolfskill cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone have experience with DLT stackers? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:03:34 PDT." <199807212203.PAA27258@pau-amma.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 15:29:48 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I'm working on implementing "amanda" for backup & recovery. > > We're in the process of switching from DDS (4mm) media to DLT. > > I believe that it would be useful to at least begin to plan for the > (eventual) deployment of a stacker (though it need not be more > elaborate than a simple "gravity" stacker). > > The vendor we're using (Andataco, evidently -- I'm still a little > new here) has a couple of stackers with similar characteristics; > each handles up to 7 DLT cartridges, but one is made by Quantum, > and the other is made by Exabyte. > > Anyone have a feel for which is more likely to work adequately for > FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE? They should both work just fine. I'm not too happy with Amanda though; it has the major drawback that it doesn't work well with stackers (you can't split a volume across multiple tapes, for example). Most stackers are well-behaved it seems; see the chio(1) manpage for the control interface we support. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message