Re: [Bacula-users] Using LTO drives with bacula

2024-03-19 Thread Andrea Venturoli
On 3/19/24 14:56, Anders Gustafsson wrote: Hello. so we switched to Bacula and backing up to disk. ... get one, plus a SAS card and install in a separate PC Why a separate PC? Separate from the one running storage daemon with disks, I guess. What does this separation buys? Once you've writte

Re: [Bacula-users] Using LTO drives with bacula

2024-03-19 Thread Rob Gerber
Ah yes, the qualstar Q24 library front panel looks identical to the BDT Flexstor 2U panel. My Q24 library says it is a FlexStor II in the web GUI. BDT states they have around 70% market share in the tape library field. https://www.bdt.de/en/products-solutions/storage-automation/ Heh, Overland T

Re: [Bacula-users] Using LTO drives with bacula

2024-03-19 Thread Rob Gerber
When reviewing our options we concluded that a tape changer was a small additional cost compared to the cost of a tape drive. It also enabled automatic tape handling. We are in the USA and purchased a Qualstar Q24 library. The library is network connected and has room for 2 LTO drives. It can use e

Re: [Bacula-users] Using LTO drives with bacula

2024-03-19 Thread Gary R. Schmidt
On 20/03/2024 00:56, Anders Gustafsson wrote: Hi! We used to use tape a long time ago. Then it was CA Arcserve for Linux, ran fine, but CA dropped the product so we switched to Bacula and backing up to disk. The recent surges in ransom attacks has made us think of airgapping again and even a r