> Well, in my opinion.... > > > i.e. a drive that > > reads/writes two media types; > > Very, very rare, to the point of being almost non-existant in > the open systems world. Occurs occasionally in the mainframe > world with 3480/3490 media (same physical tape cartridge, but > R/W density, format and compression controlled by commands to > the tape transport).
Just after I hit enter, I realized that CD and DVD media fit into this category. So, take my earlier answer for tape only. I still think the suggestion I made at the end of the earlier note would work for this scenario as well, though. > I think the optimum general case would be to specify multiple > read formats and one write format per drive. That way, any > eligible drive in an autochanger could be used for restores, > and updates would be done only on devices that could reliably > write the desired format. In the case of multiple drives that > can read or write only one format, then the read format list > would contain only 1 format, and the write format list would > contain only one format. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
