On Wednesday 15 October 2008, Emmanuel Kasper wrote: >Hello >Is it possible to use something a hard drive cartridge like this >http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pvaul_rd1000?c=us&c >s=04&l=en&s=bsd as a "real" tape device in Amanda ? ( Not vtape ) >I was wondering if there are physical properties of a hard drive which >prevent it from being used like a tape. >EK
Sure. As long as each one has the proper directory structure, has been labeled correctly, and is pre-mounted, there should not be any huge problems. I have been using a 400GB sata drive as 30 virtual tapes for about 2 years and counting. I've found it to be far more dependable than the cheap dds2 tapes I wore out 5 or 6 drives using. And for recovery, its random access, hundreds of times faster than tape. Whats not to like? See the man pages for a tape drive called HARD-DISK. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) I don't understand you anymore.
