I suspect that the tape drive retains the last several blocks written
in memory, at least until the drive is cycled. Take a look at the
LTO-2 docs from IBM site, specifically about how to create a tape
dump. That might have the info you are looking for.
I doubt there is a whitepaper...I'm thinking that memory is flushed
upon drive power cycle.
Good question.
Dave
At 12:03 AM 8/7/2008, you wrote:
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:02:08 -0400
From: "Clark, Patti" <clarkp AT OSTI DOT GOV>
Subject: Tape drive hw specs & residual data (off topic)
I know this is off topic, but I've looked at Dell (library) and IBM
(LTO-2 manufacturer) and Google. The question that I'm trying to solve
is whether there are any components on the tape drive that might retain
residual data. Can someone point me to a white paper, a component spec,
anything that would support a conclusion?
Patti Clark
Sr. Unix System Administrator - RHCT, GSEC
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