On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Brian Tao wrote:
> DAT drives..  On the other hand, DLT is more expensive (both drive
> hardware and media) and isn't as mature as DDS-2 technology, but it is

I would venture to say that DLT technology is older than DDS-2
technology.  DEC was using TK-50s and TK-70s a LONG time ago...

In any event, someone on the freebsd lists was talking about 
scsi tape changers and such and from what I remember of the 
conversation, it would be possible to write code that would
issue the appropriate commands needed to cause the tape library
to load another tape. (someone kill that sentence for me)

>     Of prime importance is OS support for the unit.  :)  Has anyone
> successfully used something like the HP C1553A or the Conner 4586NP
> autoloaders?  I have a script that uses FreeBSD's scsi(8) command to
> change cartridges on the C1553A, but that still requires some sort of
> operator intervention.  Something like a DLT4000 unit would be great
> if I can access it through /dev/nrst0 like any other SCSI tape drive.
> Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

I don't see why it shouldn't work...  It would probably
be pretty straight forward to get Amanda to work with either solution.

Good luck, and have a good one.

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