How does the software specify the encryption key? I read that it needs specific SCSI commands, which Bacula doesn't send.
__Martin >>>>> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:12:47 -0500, Clark, Patricia A said: > > Why would bacula care about hardware LTO encryption? It's transparent to > the software. > > Patti Clark > Sr. Linux System Administrator > > > > On 3/6/12 10:14 AM, "Jeremy Maes" <j...@schaubroeck.be> wrote: > > >Op 5/03/2012 22:37, Alan Brown schreef: > >> On 05/03/12 19:51, Alex Crow wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks Alan, > >>> > >>> I am specifically addressing the encryption support within Bacula: > >>> > >>> http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/main/main/Data_Encryption.html > >> Openssl compresses _if_ compiled with zlib (it usually is) > >> > >> It's not hard to test, write to a file instead of tape media and compare > >> size vs a tarball. > >> > >> If you are using a LTO device with built-in encryption then it's much > >> faster as there is a dedicated engine for the task (LTO encryption is > >> portable across drives as long as the key is retained) > >Except for the fact that bacula doesn't support hardware LTO encryption... > >> On that basis I'd only use bacula encryption for disk-based backups or > >> on tape devices without builtin encyption. > >Regards, > >Jeremy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users