Goce Shamakoski
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The reason I don’t let BRU span tapes is because the catalog is not as robust as I would like it to be. At the moment I use a cataloging software that allows me to see detailed information about a file or folder ( Thumbnails of videos and pictures, metadata, comments, creation date and modified, original XSAN path, tape number, column view list view icons…) Having to use the little arrow to collapse the folders is real pain when I have 30 sub folders.
Another reason is I have head people saying not good idea to split video files.
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I was using 3.1.6 till yesterday. Now I’m on 3.1.8 and the only problem I have so far is dubler mode doesn’t work. Every time I try to make two tapes it get stuck and I have to Force Quit.
I realized I could insert the tape and use Tape Import to bring back the Catalog. It still makes me nervous especially when I have to search for files!
With StoreOpen I just hope the files were written properly since I can’t verify them. One reason why I switched to BRU.
Another big issue I have is after I write a tape with BRU and I try to identify it it shows as NON-BRU unknown tape. I have found if I restart BRU and then try again the tape shows as normal.
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Tom,
I have had many times BRU tell me the file size is 2.19 TB and it will take only 1 LTO6 tape only to run out of space during the write process and ask for another tape.
Just to be safe I started making all my folders 2Tb even. It’s not ideal but it saves me valuable time
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Tom, Half a year ago I purchased BRU Producers Edition with two HP LTO6 Drives. My experience with the program has been very frustrating. GUI is very buggy, tapes are getting stuck in verification process. Many times when I need to restore a tape the catalog is missing, the list goes on and on. Tape dubler doesn’t work half the time!
When I have to archive projects worth millions of dollars I can’t afford to not be absolutely sure the tape is written properly and the software work reliably! I even purchased an extended phone support and every time I call the techs tell me my problem is a known bug with the version.
I’m reading a lot of people are having similar experience, I have stopped using BRU for now now and my only other option is HP StoreOpen LTFS which I’m not excited about but it works!