From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C888A7952B for ; Tue, 4 May 2021 13:23:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id B61D18B4B for ; Tue, 4 May 2021 13:23:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 47F468B30 for ; Tue, 4 May 2021 13:23:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 1A1B241B8B for ; Tue, 4 May 2021 13:23:02 +0200 (CEST) To: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion , Dominik Csapak References: <20210503092746.6597-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com> From: Dietmar Maurer Message-ID: <2b5ab4e9-0310-db0a-cd68-d817ed5b523e@proxmox.com> Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 13:22:59 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210503092746.6597-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.271 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: [pbs-devel] applied: [PATCH proxmox-backup] docs: tape: clarify LTO-4/5 support X-BeenThere: pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 11:23:32 -0000 applied On 5/3/21 11:27 AM, Dominik Csapak wrote: > some features we need (e.g. READ POSITION long form) are only officially > available with LTO-5, but work on many LTO-4 drives, so move LTO-4 to > 'best-effort' support. > > Signed-off-by: Dominik Csapak > --- > docs/tape-backup.rst | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/tape-backup.rst b/docs/tape-backup.rst > index 10a5ef5d..1812acc8 100644 > --- a/docs/tape-backup.rst > +++ b/docs/tape-backup.rst > @@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ tape compression feature has no advantage. > Supported Hardware > ------------------ > > -Proxmox Backup Server supports `Linear Tape-Open`_ generation 4 (LTO-4) > -or later. > +Proxmox Backup Server supports `Linear Tape-Open`_ generation 5 (LTO-5) > +or later and has best-effort support for generation 4 (LTO-4). While > +many LTO-4 systems are known to work, some might need firmware updates or > +do not implement necessary features to work with Proxmox Backup Server. > > Tape changing is carried out using the SCSI Medium Changer protocol, > so all modern tape libraries should work.