From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 12 06:18:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F4C816A4CE for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 06:18:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E898F43D45 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 06:18:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tom_oak@fastmail.fm) Received: from web3.messagingengine.com (web3.internal [10.202.2.212]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A54F6C30024 for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:16:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: by web3.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id B2D7D3BC; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:16:36 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME::Lite 1.5 (F2.73; T1.001; A1.64; B3.05; Q3.03) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:16:36 -0700 From: "Tom Oak" X-Sasl-Enc: hfZVZyfSqKJtcJr3rU1f7g 1097561796 Message-Id: <1097561796.27269.206262711@webmail.messagingengine.com> Subject: Avoid tar for Dell PowerVault 100T DAT 72 tape drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 06:18:11 -0000 Hello All, The user's guide for the Dell PowerVault 100T DAT 72 tape drive recommends against using tar (see quoted text below). Does anyone have any experience with this product and can advise whether we should avoid tar? Thank you for your help. Note: please note that my email address has changed from "tom_oak@telstra.com" to "tom_oak@fastmail.fm". Tom BEGIN QUOTE Drivers for Microsoft=AE Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server for your tape drive are included on the CD that came with your drive. You will need tape backup software that supports the Dell PowerVault tape drive. Note that native backup applications (for example, the UNIX .tar command) generally do not provide the required data streaming rate to get the full performance out of your tape drive. Dell recommends using a backup application that provides improved memory management as well as other useful features, such as TapeAlert. Suitable products that have been tested with Dell PowerVault 100T DAT 72 tape drives are listed below. Yosemite=99 TapeWare=AE 7.0SP3B (or later) for Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server, Novell=AE NetWare=AE and Red Hat=AE Linux=AE VERITAS=AE Backup Exec=99 9.1= (or later) for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server, Backup Exec=99 9.1 (or later) for Novell=AE NetWare=AE END QUOTE --=20 Tom Oak tom_oak@fastmail.fm