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Programming Dell Tape Drive with C#

Hi, Has anyone got experience in writing files to tape drives. i'm writing some tar files from a c# windows service to a dell powervault 124t. I was hoping there was an API or some tool I could use (pay for potentially). I had a look at symanntecs open netbackup api but not sure it that is the correct route. any help appreciated. ...

A control or library to interface with NtBackup or tape devices

Hello: I know I can run NtBackup commands from command line with parameters but, Do you know any library for .net to control Tape devices (include autoloaders)? There is an api for this? I couldn't find anything with a quick googling. Thanks in advances. ...

Storage algorithm question - verify sequential data with little memory

I found this on an "interview questions" site and have been pondering it for a couple of days. I will keep churning, but am interested what you guys think "10 Gbytes of 32-bit numbers on a magnetic tape, all there from 0 to 10G in random order. You have 64 32 bit words of memory available: design an algorithm to check that each number f...

db2 online backup to tape

SAP : ecc 6.0 os : linux 64 db : DB2 Tape : Hp data protector 6.0 Issue : Online backup to tape fails Running : db2 backup db hcp online to /dev/rst0 /dev/rst0==> is a tape volume Trying to take online backup from db2 from command prompt to the tape. hclprdm:~ # su - db2hcp hclprdm:db2hcp 51> db2 backup db hcp online to /dev/rst...

magnetic tapes and banks

Hi, Magnetic tapes are still used in banking sector (I think, correct me If I am wrong). What is the main reason? Regards ...