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Re: [Fwd: Always have more than one tape]

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Ya`akov N. Miles (ynmiles@ibm.net)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:03:33 -0800

Kevin Chu wrote:
>
> Jay Thorne wrote:
>
> > Here's a note for the list: You don't have a _real_ backup until you've
> > tried to recover a file off your tapes or done a verify. Its not a backup
> > until you can read it....
>
> For what it's worth, I've restored files off my backups, to undo user
> errors. And, BRU does a complete verify after every backup. That, and
> there is some sort of error checking inherent in the way the data is
> written onto the tape (I think), that makes BRU better than tar. Or,
> that's what EST would have you believe. Anyway, BRU has an easy to
> use GUI. :)
>
> Kevin
>
> --
> Kevin Chu kevin@portal.ca
> http://members.tripod.com/~super_kevin/

I should correct you. BRU does NOT do a proper verify by default, it does
an "autoscan" which involves reading the entire tape into the NULL device
and looking for errors. It does NOT do a bit-by-bit comparison of the tape
with the original media (unless you specifically ask it to)... 

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