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| author | Andreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc> | 2021-08-27 11:06:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Andreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc> | 2021-08-27 11:06:45 +0200 |
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fixed some typos in last blog article
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diff --git a/content/blog/bacula-lto4-backup.md b/content/blog/bacula-lto4-backup.md index 9b6c299..74f226a 100644 --- a/content/blog/bacula-lto4-backup.md +++ b/content/blog/bacula-lto4-backup.md @@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ on Ebay for 200 to 300 CHF. Media is affordable at ca. 40 CHF per tape. # Tape Drive -My first drive I ordered was adverdised as working, which proved to -be more the kind of drive only able to produce squeeling noises and +My first drive I ordered was advertised as working, which proved to +be more the kind of drive only able to produce squealing noises and to be really hungry for tapes (and killing them). Well, my plan was to be under 1000 CHF for a backup solution, so I simply ordered a -second one, keeping the first one for spare parts. The drive is a +second one, keeping the first one for spare parts. Both drives are a HP Ultrium 1840. -The second drive turned out to work just fine. But now trying to connect it +The second drive turned out to work just fine. But now, trying to connect, it showed some issues. The tape drive comes in a noisy black box, which I definitely don't want to run 24 hours a day. So I decided to remove the drive and squeeze it (quite literaly) into a machine. @@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ the drive and squeeze it (quite literaly) into a machine. After ordering quite the wrong tape (LTO-4 WORM, which costs more and can be written only once, but has "smartness" built in to be tamperfree, oh well), I got boxes and boxes of old tapes from Ricardo from somebody -desperately trying to get rid of them. Which is cool for me. The +desperately trying to get rid of them. Which is cool with me. The price per tape dropped to around 20 CHF this way and I have more tapes -than I could have wished for. +than I could ever have wished for. # Connectivity Issues -I tried several SCSI cards to connect to the drive, the drive uses +I tried several SCSI cards to connect to the drive. The drive uses the last generation of parallel SCSI, which is quite a nuisance to find cards for. Either SCSI cards are server-grade (PCI-X) or they are not fast enough. Some cards (like dedicated backup SCA host @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The result looks like this: ## tar Most people nowadays don't know anymore what the 't' in 'tar' stands -for - you guessed it: '***t***ar ***ar***chive'. :-) +for - you guessed it: '***t***ape ***ar***chive'. :-) There are other formats but usually the "rule-of-least-surprise" applies here, the simpler the command line parameters used and the more widespread @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ mt-st -f /dev/nst0 rewind ***Note*** -I'm desabling compression on the tapes for several reasons: +I'm disabling compression on the tapes for several reasons: * with compression on I'm not able to deliver enough data, resuling in shoe-shining * the remaining size of a tape is so much more predictable * I have enough tapes anyway. :-) |