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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.netspace.net.au!mheath From: mheath@netspace.net.au (Mark Heath) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Tape file system Date: 26 Mar 1997 03:53:34 GMT Organization: Netspace Online Systems Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5ha6ju$3i1$2@otis.netspace.net.au> References: <5h0pfc$7vg@fu-berlin.de> <slrn5jbi5f.t0.ripley@nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de> <01bc3946$15859060$6330fa9e@org-qsar2.chem.msu.su> NNTP-Posting-Host: netspace.net.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37726 Eugene Radchenko (genie@qsar.chem.msu.su) wrote: : I thought about this once (not for Unix) but dropped the idea after reading : in the HP SureStore manual that cartridges are certified for 2000 tape : start/stops, or approx. 100 normal backups. : I guess filesystem-type access will eat this in no time at all. I've seen them for Mac (cant remember the name) Amiga (tapeworm) and Dos (datman). A previous employer used the dos version to do their backups. My GF's work uses one for Mac and they haven't had any problems. I've heard that the Mac one works by marking overwritten or deleted files as deleted and writes new versions later on the tape. So of course your storage get less and less. -- -- mark heath | Netspace Online Systems http://www.netspace.net.au/ mark@crafti.com.au | mheath@netspace.net.au | +61(0)411 224 397 2nd official member of the SAM (Society Against Microsoft) Free Membership