On 2022-10-08 21:38, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2022-10-08 19:05, Per Jessen wrote:
Lew Wolfgang wrote:
Agree. I think a script being smart with rsync is the way to go. I didn't find anything on-the-shelf that would make sense here.
In my experience - but I only work with tape - anything that involves human intervention is rarely found off-the-shelf.
Ages ago, when I used MsDOS, I had a wonderful backup program. I used it with floppies, but it would work with tapes too, although I never tried.
Years ago, in the very beginning of my career, we could copy anything to anything - disk, tape, floppy, various other exotic types of storage. They were all treated the same.
I wish I could get a similar thing on Linux. Not for floppies, of course.
You _can_ and other people _have_ for decades. In a nutshell, "tar with mtst".
What is mtst?
Downstairs I have four tape libraries - two HP Storageworks and two Storage Technology. The HP Storageworks libraries take 40 and 200 volumes each, the STK libraries take 800 and 1600 volumes each. The HP libs each have 2 and 4 drives respectively, the STK libs have 4 and 16 drives.
HP Storageworks are cheap these days, you can have either of mine for the price of transport.
-- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)