From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 1 20:24:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D9EB16A41C for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20:24:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bakul@bitblocks.com) Received: from gate.bitblocks.com (bitblocks.com [209.204.185.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1D0A43D48 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20:24:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bakul@bitblocks.com) Received: from bitblocks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gate.bitblocks.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j51KOj70035431 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:24:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bakul@bitblocks.com) Message-Id: <200506012024.j51KOj70035431@gate.bitblocks.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:24:45 -0700 From: Bakul Shah Cc: Subject: ultrium lto2 tape drive & bacula on freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 20:24:46 -0000 [we really need a storage@freebsd.org mailing list] at my work we are finally building a more serious backup server. as there is a good deal on lto2 drives @ dell, most likely we will be buying the drive + the server from them. so i am looking for feedback from people who have used lto2 drives with freebsd. what worked, what worked particularly well, what didn't work, what to watch out for etc. i'd also be interested in your experience with lto2 drives and linux. also, how well does bacula work on freebsd and how does it compare with amanda? we will be backing up windows, linux, freebsd & solaris filesystems. thanks for any information! -- bakul