• Storage & Archiving

  LTFS with Autoloader

  Posted by George Boyd on October 28, 2014 at 5:00 pm

  Is anyone familiar with a piece of software with the capability of writing LTFS & communicating w/ an autoloader?

  I am using an HP 1/8 LTO-5 Autoloader – I’m looking for software w/ the ability to change out tapes & format each new tape as it enters the drive. Allowing us to walk away and let the software span the update across 8 tapes w/ out needing to click format on the software and manually move the tapes using the Autoloader.

  Thanks in Advance.

  Tim Jones replied 11 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Martin Greenwood

  October 28, 2014 at 6:02 pm

  George,

  By coincidence we have just added on the fly formatting to the latest version of our YoYottaID Automation software.

  YoYottaID Automation is OS X software that works with Autoloaders like the HP 1/8 LTO unit you are using.
  YoYottaID can span larger backups across multiple tapes and you can setup a queue from different sources. Then you can use the built in media database to selectively restore files at a later date.
  With the Conform option you can automatically pull back trims of just the shots needed for your edit.

  Please contact me and I’ll get you setup with a demo version.

  Best,

  Martin Greenwood
  CTO
  YoYotta

  martin@yoyotta.com
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  George Boyd

  October 28, 2014 at 10:52 pm

  Thanks Martin.

  Sounds very interesting, we’ll reach out soon and learn more.
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  Neil Sadwelkar

  November 4, 2014 at 3:08 am

  I think BRU-PE also has some feature that supports auto-loaders.

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  Tim Jones

  November 15, 2014 at 6:47 pm

  EDIT – BRU PE will not solve your original query about LTFS with automation – I was originally responding to Neil’s comment about BRU PE and automation. There are tools out there – such as HP’s StoreOpen tool for libraries – that will allow you to use LTFS with that 1×8.

  However, keep in mind that LTFS volumes created using automation drivers and LTFS tapes created using standalone drive can be incompatible.

  I’ll refer you to this post for specifics:

  https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/330/1383

  Yes – BRU PE supports autoloader/libraries up to 2 drives and 50 slots. For larger installations (unlimited tape / unlimited slots), BRU Server is the solution.

  Of course, BRU also uses raw tapes, so no pre-formatting is required. Need another tape, just unwrap one and go for it.

  Tim
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  Tim Jones
  CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
  https://www.tolisgroup.com
  BRU … because it’s the RESTORE that matters!

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