> Just wondering if RAIT would allow 'RAIT 1' type thing where you can write
> two tapes at the same time (one goes offsite, for example). At the moment we
> have to run a loopy dd script to copy the original tape..
>
That's the behavior if you just specify two drives, like:
rait:{/dev/nst0,/dev/nst1}
You can read either one as a straight un-striped backup.

> How does Amanda deal with tape labels with RAIT then, does it check if both
> tapes are correct?

Sort of -- if it gets an error on reading the first one, it
takes the second one.

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Marc Mengel <mengel AT fnal DOT gov>