> >How would taper compare the tape contents to the files on the disk
> >while backing up?
>
> It depends on which "files on the disk" you mean. If you mean the holding
> disk, that's trivial since taper is reading it to write to the tape.
> If you mean the files back on the client, that's hopel
>The marketing term "read-while-write" means the tape drive compares
>the block it just wrote to tape on the fly to the copy still stored
>in some internal buffer. If they don't match, it writes a "previous
>block mapped out as bad" information and tries again. This way
>sparse bad blocks on the t
Hi!
John R. Jackson wrote:
> "Patrick M. Hausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >That capability would have to be added to dump and gtar in the
> >first place.
>
> Why? They are not the ones writing to the tape, Amanda (taper) is.
> The dump program (dump, gtar, etc) are writing to stdout an
> >... I found out that SLR drives are capable of read while write.
> >
> >I wonder if that capability is implemented in Amanda, could be
> >implemented in Amanda, if it relies on the tape device...
>
> It depends on what you (or, more correctly, what the SLR marketing
> people) mean by "read whi
Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>... I found out that SLR drives are capable of read while write.
>
>I wonder if that capability is implemented in Amanda, could be
>implemented in Amanda, if it relies on the tape device...
It depends on what you (or, more correctly, what the SLR marke
Hi!
Olivier wrote:
> While browsing to find a cheap supplier for Imation SLR 100 cartridge
> (any hint welcome :) I found out that SLR drives are capable of read
> while write.
>
> I wonder if that capability is implemented in Amanda, could be
> implemented in Amanda, if it relies on the tape d
Hi,
While browsing to find a cheap supplier for Imation SLR 100 cartridge
(any hint welcome :) I found out that SLR drives are capable of read
while write.
I wonder if that capability is implemented in Amanda, could be
implemented in Amanda, if it relies on the tape device...
It could be a very
