Not sure what to do with TAR tapes written with Cache-A. Now have BRU.

[Mike Greiner]

Yes, I was just coming here to give an update on the issue myself. Especially since Promax announced they are no longer supporting Cache after this year, and somebody may be Googling this probably sometime next year…

I have successfully been able to use the updated version of ArGest IngestPRO to unarchive an entire TAR tape that was written with my Cache-A. All project files were working, no media offline!

Great news, thanks for everyone for the support to get this problem solved for us!

[Chad Genandt]

Ran across this thread in the course of doing some research about Cache-A.
I am not a media professional, just another Linux geek, these are just my professional opinions, and I’m not affiliated with any company or vendor in the community CreativeCow serves.
This thread helped me confirm some suspicions I already had regarding this hardware, and as previously mentioned here, there may be people seeking help with Cache-A hardware from time to time.
That said, I feel obligated to warn anyone who owns a Cache-A appliance, please do the following:
1. Double & triple check your media to make sure the files you think are stored on tape really are present on the LTO cartridges.
2. Find something else, ASAP, these things are bad news, and a disgrace to the Linux community.