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SCSI – Adding and Removing Disk, Without Reboot..

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Many aeons ago, I used to have SCSI disks on my ancient Linux systems, but the only SCSI device I attached nowadays was the LTO Tape drive, for full system backups, very occasionally..   Now, I have the HP RX2600 IA64 system, with nothing but U320 SCSI LVD disks, and needed to find a way of attaching one … Continue reading →

Back(up) to the Future..

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Shades of the late-’90s and early-’00s again…      I decided I needed a reliable and practical backup for my systems, and having an array of n-TB disks seemed complete overkill (and _expensive_).. So, I’m getting a reasonably-priced HP Ultrium 960 LTO-3 external drive, which is relatively expensive (£450), but the tapes (400GB / 800GB ‘compressed’) are not – … Continue reading →