PAR and DAT backup?
12-Oct-94 03:21:14
Sb: #128456-PAR and DAT backup?
Fm: Gus Grubba 70673,1605
To: James Grotto 71573,3621
1)Yes they're both SCSI. Just plug and play (well, sort off. You know
how that goes).
2)Either way. I don't think I have any real pattern (nor any animation
worth saving for that matter). Technically, it's better to transfer
the animation to a computer first and than to tape. The PAR has a
very sloooooow transfer rate over the PC bus. The tape has to keep
coming back as it gets way ahead of the game (it expects a data
stream of at least 300k a second). By transferring the animation to
disk first and then to tape saves the tape unit from excessive wear.
NDUMP was designed as a generic tool. It can do things people don't
even realise. As such, it has too many questions and people get
pretty confused. Specially when dealing with shared disks that have
different mount points in different computers. I'm finishing a PAR
specific NDUMP that asks no questions. It just does what's supposed
to do.