Rick Clark <[log in to unmask]> writes:


> Doug writes.....
>
> > <<stuff snipped>>
>
> > You can also run the backup to the tapes in parallel, writing
> > to both tapes
> > simultaneously, but it needlessly introduces complexity to
> > restoring files,
> > unless backup performance is a serious issue for you.
>
> If I remember correctly this is not a good idea if the two tape drives are
> on the same io card.....

For DLT drives that's true. For DDS drives you should be able to hang 3 or 4
of them from the same channel without a problem.

Doug.

Doug Werth                             Beechglen Development Inc.
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