OT: REV iomega backupedge

[D . Thomas Podnar]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 03:12:27PM -0800, Enrique Arredondo wrote:
> I'm putting a new backup tape called the IOMEGA REV (35Gb/90Gb) $375 on a 
> linux box , upgrading from a seagate tranvan 10/20gb, I finally make it 
> being recognized by the linux box and the edgebackup, Do you know what 
> settings should I put on the device ?
> 
> - General Resource Information 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Resource Type       DVD
> Resource Name       [rev0              ] Change as appropriate
> Description         [Iomega RRD 74.B             ]
> Changer Assoc       [Standalone Device]
> Interface           [SCSI       ]
> 
> - DVD / DVD-R / DVD-RAM Information 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Data Node           [/dev/scd1                   ]
> Mount Device Node   [/dev/scd1                   ]
> Record Buffer (K)   [2048                        ] [16]x Speed
> Needs Eject?        [ ]
> Writable Media:     REV
> 
> - Default Backup Properties 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Volume Size (K)     [4472832                     ] [S] Compression
> Edge Block Size     [64                          ] [Y] Double Buffering
> [Next]                                                     [Prev] 
> [Cancel]
> 
> ?
> 
> Volume should be 30000000 or 90000000 with compression ?
> 
> Hey by the way this REV drive rocks! it uses the micro hard drives that 
> look like a tape, but it's fast fast fast!!!.
> 
> I highly recommended to backup all filepro stuff!!!.
> 
> 
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The correct volume size for REV is ZERO (0), which is the default.

BackupEDGE understands 0 on all optical and REV media to mean,
"Please ask the media for the proper volume size".
It will automatically determine exactly how much data can be written
on the REV.

Set it to 0, do a backup, and then use
   EDGEMENU -> Verify -> Show Archive Label.

Please note that the current and recommended product release for
Linux is 02.01.01 build 4, which is a free update for any user
of BackupEDGE 02.00.00 or later.

OpenServer is at 02.01.01 build 3.
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Tom
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