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Re: multiple questions: amlabel, solaris device for tape drive etc.
2009-06-22 17:02:59
Dustin J. Mitchell schrieb:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger<sgw AT amanda DOT org>
> wrote:
>> Could you describe briefly why?
>
> Amanda used to need a non-rewinding tape device because it would close
> and re-open the device (sometimes in a different process) between
> files. It no longer does this.
Umm, sounds like improvement ... this different-process-thing sounds
unreliable to me ...
>> What has changed in the code/behavior?
>
> Everything -- the Device API was a complete rewrite of all device
> handling in Amanda.
fine ;-)
Thanks, Stefan
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