On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 10:22 -0400, Thom Paine wrote: > On 5/30/05, Gérard Milmeister <gemi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am looking for backup software for DDS tapes. Apart from tar, star, > > cpio and their relatives I found taper (taper.sourceforge.net), which > > seems perfect for my needs (single system backup). However this software > > hasn't had an update for over 2 years, and since it uses a non-standard > > (i.e., non-tar, non-cpio) format for its backup, it is uncertain that > > backups will be retrievable in the mid to far future. Suggestions for > > current solutions similar to taper would be welcome. > > > > I use arkeia. It spans tapes, and there is a free version for linux > users. If you just have a single drive with no library, you should be > good to go. You have to purchase a licence if you have a library with > a built in changer. Thanks to all for the suggestions. The free version Arkeia is indeed very capable (also a little complicated: drivepacks, tapepacks, savepacks...). There is also a simple C program to extract the archive in emergency cases. I would be nice if there was an open source implementation using the same format (arkeia has quite an ugly interface). At the moment I still use taper as I am not sure that the binary only Arkeia will run after several kernel and libc updates... -- Gérard Milmeister Langackerstrasse 49 CH-8057 Zürich
