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im currently looking for backup software that supports tape drives. this is not looking too good :_I(i.imgur.com)

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nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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If you’re going for WORM or similar strategy, and you just want to dump archival backups to tape, you can probably just use dd or even tar (originates frome Tape ARchive), possibly with cron.

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i would just use tar and write a script 1990s style, but encryption support + multi-volume (tapes are LTO-2, so only 200GB uncompressed) won’t work with that

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nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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Ah. Yeah. That makes sense. Still probably doable with scripts, depending on the encryption requirements but probably not optimal.

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treadful@lemmy.zip
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If that’s bacula, what’s tar?

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XTornado@lemmy.ml
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-xfz

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banana_head@lemmy.world
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Latest version is on GitHub now: https://github.com/zmanda/amanda

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FinalBoy1975@lemmy.world
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I invented a machine that converts masking tape you can buy at the dollar store into backup tapes. I rewrote Bacula to write the backup AND print pretty flowers on the masking tape. Totally free and open-source. Download it from a rotary phone.

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