[Gllug] backup solution

[Gordon Joly]

At 22:40 +0100 2003/07/08, Doug Winter wrote:
>
>The only problem I found with it is that the things you back up
>(generally partitions) need to be smaller than a single tape.  There's
>some kind of project in the works to remove this limitation, but I can
>quite imagine this requires some significant rearchitecture.

Quite amazing.

I am sure that 20 years ago putting a single partition across multiple tapes cartridges was common.... using "dump" and "restore"

Maybe I am inventing something in my brain??

Gordo

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