Re: Cheapest Backup Solution?

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Is the autochanger that big a deal? I thought those tape robots
> just used fairly simple, standardized commands.

They do. On FreeBSD you can write your own autoloader using the ch(4)
device and the chio(1). On Solaris you can download and compile 'mtx'
yourself.

The trick is integrating it with 3rd party back up software.

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the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well
under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI
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