> Hi all, > > I have a short question? I'm using bacula 2.2.4 on a Debian etch > machine. Now I want to extend the backup-to-disk to backup-to-tape. > > Is this tape a good (Tandberg LTO2 (420LTO) choice and known to work? > Any hints or experience reports are welcome!
Hi Andreas, I'm using a Tandberg Data internal half-height LTO2 drive with Bacula on a Linux 2.6, and I'm very satisfied with it (note that I have no point of comparison, though). I've ran the full suite of 'btape test' and 'btest fill' tests successfully. I can also mount this drive separately while Bacula is already running through modprobing the aic7xxx driver for my Adaptec SCSI 160 HBA, which would be useful with the external version. One thing I've noted is that the Linux kernel does not seem to like the mt 'retension' command with this tape drive, as mt systematically outputs an 'I/O error message' and the kernel logs a 'Current: sense key: Illegal Request' line followed by a 'Additional sense: Invalid field in cdb' one when I try to use this functionality. It's the only downside I've seen, as I've read more than one document that recommends such practice. Regards, LBC ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
