Re: Firewire [solution for DAT and other tape drives]
Does Dantz have any experience of these type of adapters? Would Retrospect deal with the DAT drive correctly? At 1:58 PM -0500 24/8/00, Douglas K Wyman wrote: Native FireWire on tape drives?...not yet but here are some other solutions: Orange Micro and Ratoc Systems have both introduced FireWire/SCSI adapters that allow a single SCSI device to be connected to IEEE 1349 (FireWire). These are both inexpensive, very new and therefore relatively untried but would seem to be the best avenues to explore. The Orange Micro product is narrow FastSCSI only (up to 10MB/s) and lists for $99. The RATOC product is narrow UltraSCSI (up to 20MB/s) and has dual FireWire ports for $89 list but won't be available until November. Neither device claims to allow booting from SCSI devices. Only one SCSI device can be attached to each adapter but several adapters can be linked on a single FireWire chain. http://www.orangemicro.com/oconverter.html http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/firerex1.html Douglas K Wyman Houston TX Has anybody heard of a Firewire DAT drive. IOW, a DAT that could be used from a Mac G4 Cube? -- Ken G i l l e t t -- Ken G i l l e t t --- -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Event Handler errors
I'm getting errors from the event handler stating that it cannot perform text operations of files greater than 32K in size. Ideas? john -- "Lo Que Sea, Cuando Sea, Donde Sea" (Anything, Anytime, Anywhere) 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Firewire to SCSI adapters (updated)
(I have updated this note to include another vendor/product) Native FireWire on tape drives?...not yet but here are some other solutions: Orange Micro and Ratoc Systems have both introduced FireWire/SCSI adapters that allow a single SCSI device to be connected to IEEE 1349 (FireWire). These are all inexpensive, very new and therefore relatively untried but would seem to be the best avenues to explore. The Orange Micro product (Orange Converter) is narrow FastSCSI only (up to 10MB/s) and lists for $99. Microtech offer (what appears to be) the same product as "Microtech FireSCSI Xpress adapter". This product has an "circa 1986" system SCSI connector - female DB25. The RATOC product is narrow UltraSCSI (up to 20MB/s) and has dual FireWire ports for $89 list but won't be available until November. This product has a female 50-pin compact SCSI connector. Neither device claims to allow booting from SCSI devices. Only one SCSI device can be attached to each adapter but several adapters can be linked on a single FireWire chain. http://www.orangemicro.com/oconverter.html http://www.microtechint.com/qs-firescsi.html http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/firerex1.html Douglas K Wyman Houston TX Has anybody heard of a Firewire DAT drive. IOW, a DAT that could be used from a Mac G4 Cube? -- Ken G i l l e t t --- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Protecting a backup server from prying eyes
Thanks Larry, This sounds like a decent compromise between the extremes (no Protection, the Multiple User work arounds, and high security like DiskGuard or others). I don't think that most folks wandering around my office would be able to figure out that they would need a reboot to defeat Blackwatch. And if they were smart enough to do that, they probably are smart enough to defeat any security system--just open the box, take the drive, and any of a myriad of tools can pull your data off of it (for those times when an intruder may not be an office mate--remember Los Alamos?). This screensaver also sounds excellent for those Macs/monitors that don't support Energy Saver mode. I've given up on After Dark and the other screensavers out there as being too conflicting with the OS or other software. Nice to see that some Apple software engineers can write some usable free apps on the side ;-) Jim Subject: RE: Retrospect and OS 9 From: "Larry Acosta Wong" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:19:38 -0700 Jim, To prevent intruders from disturbing the backup server while it's logged in, use the BlackWatch screen saver http://penumbra.apple.com/blackwatch.html to password protect your computer. BTW, there's a posting on the BlackWatch web site that says: (8/23/00) A patch for Retrospect (versions 4.0 through 4.3) is now available. This patch enables Retrospect to launch in the background when performing a scheduled backup, making it fully compatible with BlackWatch. -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Protecting a backup server from prying eyes
Speaking of protecting data, there is a way to encrypt your tapes at the hardware level with different forms of encryption -- all based on Smartcards with varying access levels. This works perfectly with Retrospect. This way, if your tape should grow legs, the data could not be restored -- even on another unit with the same encryption option. With this scenario, they would have to steal your data tape, your tape drive, and your high level access card (which should not be stored with the drive/tapes). See http://www.cybernetics.com/specs/options/encryption/encryption.html for more info. Steve -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Auto Loader asking for tapes - Normal??
I am doing my first multi-tape restore with an Exabyte 17D (DLT) and Retrospect asked me to insert the tape. Is this normal? The device manager pane had all of the tapes in the right slots, it didn't want to procede until I ejected the current tape and loaded the correct one. adam... -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
