By Anonymous -
We're primarily a Mac-based facility and lately have been getting requests to do TAR based LTO5 backups from studios with specific requirements for the blocking factor, the number of filemarks per tape, and an MD5 accompanying each archive. The data's large enough to span multiple tapes so I've been using Tolis Tape Group's Tape Tools to interface with the tape drive and library but I'm not thrilled with it.
We're looking to move to something more stable and with better support. I looked into Cache-A but they don't offer an option to change blocking factor or meet our specific requirements. I'm thinking about using a Linux-based solution as there doesn't seem to be any other options for Mac.?What do you guys use??
Kevin London
Light Iron
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