Okay, this one's going to sound like a stupid idea :-)

Hi all,

Now that everything appears to be working, I'm getting ambitious(possibly stupid).

For context, I'm backing up a small network to DVD-R sized vtapesthat I then burn to DVD-R.

Oh, did I mention that I'm somewhat paranoid? :-) I know that DVD-R,especially the cheap media that I buy, isn't the most reliable in theworld. I get initial losses (burns don't verify) of about 10%. Then Ilook at RAIT, the additional 20% media I'd need for a 5-tape RAITseems like a nifty idea to increase the reliability.

I tried setting up a simple chg-rait that was based on 5 chg-diskchangers and it merrily blew up in my face.

Has anyone set up vtapes like this? I've seen some notes about usingRAIT to mirror vtapes and physical tapes, but that's not what I'mafter. I'd love to have 5 chg-disk changers being run by a chg-raitso that I end up with 5 DVD-R images / tape.


Please let me know if:

a) I'm seriously off my nut,
b) You've tried this and succeeded (and any tips you might have)
c) You've tried this and not suceeded
d) You know for a fact that this won't work
e) I'm seriously off my nut.

I'll keep fiddling with it to see if I can pull it off, and if soI'll be sure to share my results.


Thanks!
Bruce.