An earlier message in this group sparked a question in my mind. What type of error detection and error correction algorithms are implemented in Bacula?
While working for Hewlett-Packard's tape backup group (many years ago), we were taught (brainwashed?) that tape was an inherently error prone media and that backup without error correction of some sort was worse than no backup at all; it gave a false sense of security. All software products that were 'Certified' for use with HP tape products was required to have Reed Solomon (or equivalent) error recovery capabilities. Has the quality and reliability of tapes improved that error recovery is no longer needed? Thanks for the info, Grant.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
