Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Ryan Novosielski wrote:
>
>>Is there any way to force the tapes to be appended to in a round-robbin
>>fashion for differentials? I'd prefer to not use the same tape everyday
>>in case of a catastrophic tape/head failure, but I'd like to only use
>>two or three tapes and keep appending them until they are full. Is this
>>a scenario that is possible with 1.36?
>
>
> Sorry, no, there is no existing mechanism for round-robin tape usage.
> You'd have to do it by hand if you wanted to do it. I cannot recommend
> it, though; due to the necessity for rewinding and positioning, it would
> increase wear both on your tapes and on your drive, making a failure
> more probable overall.
I didn't think of it at thew time, but there's also another problem with
your scheme: If you round-robin across three tapes, then you will
basically fill all three tapes more or less simultaneously, but none of
the tapes will be recyclable yet. To begin your next cycle, you will
have to manually purge all your tapes, leaving you with almost no backup
history.
All in all, this really is a very bad strategy.
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