I currently have a 21-tape changer I'm using and it seems
that if I use less than one tape, it doesn't matter, even if
I only use one block on the tape, AMANDA still goes to the
next tape for the next run. This limits me to a 21-day
tapecycle if I'm not mistaken. Any way around this?
Richard Bond on Tue 30/12 14:34 -0800:
By Design is the official answer, to prevent overwriting
data you have already saved.
[...]
1. Reading it all in and then writing it all back out
again are two more opportunities for entropy (and Murphy )
to get at your data.
2. tape heads have
Nevermind, I hadn't read the other message in the thread. I
see the rationale, playing to the least common denominator
for being sure about the position and such...but surely some
overrides would be useful. I just thought maybe there were
some already.
Anyways, the current strategy is probably
On Tuesday 30 December 2003 17:47, Scott Mcdermott wrote:
Richard Bond on Tue 30/12 14:34 -0800:
By Design is the official answer, to prevent overwriting
data you have already saved.
[...]
1. Reading it all in and then writing it all back out
again are two more opportunities for entropy
