Re: tape drives

[Steve Scherbinski <sski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
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> We write the tar archive and record the table, then table the archive and
> compare the two results.  This is a relatively simple thing to script.
> 
> I'm curious about the "find a file quick" feature of some commercial software,
> are some able to do that without a "on-disk" catalog?

All the commercial software we've look at use an on-server database to
keep track of the tapes and the files on the tapes.  So far, those are
Legato, Veritas and ADSM.

Steve