[Bacula-users] pros and cons of options for device and tape management

Hi.

One thing that me concerned about tapes in bacula is the options. I should say confused instead. I have the following options in my bacula-sd.conf for the Storage section:

Device {
Name = DLT                     #
Description = DLT8000
Media Type = DLT
Archive Device = /dev/nst0
AutoChanger = yes
Drive Index = 0
Offline On Unmount = no
Hardware End of Medium = yes
BSF at EOM             = no
Fast Forward Space File = yes
TWO EOF                 = no
AutomaticMount = yes               # when device opened, read it
AlwaysOpen = yes
LabelMedia = yes
#RemovableMedia = yes;
# RandomAccess = no;
# Enable the Alert command only if you have the mtx package loaded
Alert Command = "sh -c 'tapeinfo -f %c |grep TapeAlert|cat'"

What are the pros and cons for the options Hardware End of Medium, BSF at EOM, Fast Forward Space File and TWO EOF? I'd like to make as sure as possible that the configuration would not cause a loss of data on the tape due to end of media or end of file marks.

Thanks in advance.

--james

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