[flexbackup-help] Determining Tape Drive Size

2005-04-07 Thread Dan
I am writing some [minimal] oss software, after 5 years of just using it. Background: Simplified unmanaged distributions like e-smith / SME server (www.contribs.org) are not supposed to require a full-time admin. Once setup by someone competent, they require nil maintenance unless something

Re: [flexbackup-help] Determining Tape Drive Size

2005-04-07 Thread Charlie Brady
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Dan wrote: Problem: The system does not provide effectively for incremental backups, and in any case that would require sensible tape management. I want a full nightly backup on a new tape each night. However, the data set is too large for the tape, and restoring