In a backup environment as large as ours (we have almost 2 petabytes of data stored on about 16 thousand tapes) it is an absolute necessity that we be able to easily find where the data is stored. The way we do this is by using barcode labels on each tape which the tape robots read and pass on to our backup software. Imagine my surprise then when I found out today that our latest robot purchase (a small 8 tape autoloader for a special project) does not have a barcode reader! Which means that we now have no automated way to link a tape to its data. Someone is now going to have to keep track of this information manually! Why do we do these things to ourselves? I guess tomorrow I get to phone around to see if that particular autoloader can have a barcode reader attached to it. What fun...
Good night!
This will be a collection of my musings - when I have some. Although ramblings might be a better description. Whatever happened during my day will most likely be logged here.
From: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
About me: I am a baby-boomer who is now in his second career after spending 10 years in the military. I now work in the computer field, which also happens to be one of my hobbies. I also like to sing, play the guitar to accompany my singing, and play the piano when I practice (which is pretty much never these days)
