"valrh...@gmail.com" <valrh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone looked into the new LTFS on LTO-5 for tape backups? Any idea how 
> this would work with ZFS? I'm presuming ZFS send / receive are not going to 
> work. But it seems rather appealing to have the metadata properly with the 
> data, and being able to browse files directly instead of having to rely on 
> backup software, however nice tar may be. Has anyone used this with 
> OpenSolaris, or have an opinion on how this would work in practice? Thanks!

What do you understand by "nice tar"?

For a backup, you need reliable incrementals (you get this from star)
and reliable multi-volume handling (this is what you also get from star).

Jörg

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