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@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ Tape changer support is done using the Linux 'mtx' command line
tool. So any changer devive supported by that tool work work.
Drive Performance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Current LTO8 tapes provide read/write speeds up to 360MB/s. Please
note that it still takes a minimum of 9 hours to completely write or
read a single tape (even at maximum speed).
The only way to speed up that data rate is to use more than one
drive. That way you can run several backup jobs in parallel, or run
restore jobs while the other dives are used for backups.
Terminology
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@ -88,3 +99,15 @@ Terminology
(a robot).
People als call this 'autoloader', 'tape robot' or 'tape jukebox'.
Tape Quickstart
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1. Configure your tape hardware (drives and changers)
2. Configure one or more media pools
3. Label your tape cartridges.
4. Start your first tape backup job ...