> This backup is stored on 3 LTO4 volumes and in order to restore these 7
> files, it read from the first and third LTO4 volumes, when I would have
> expected them to all be adjacent to one another.
>
> Is this a deliberate policy to spread data across tapes or a reflection
> of the FS layout of the data being backed up?
>

There is no deliberate policy of spreading data across multiple tapes.
It is more a function of FS order and concurrent jobs.

John

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