stfs
Simple Tape File System (STFS), a file system for tapes and tar files. (by pojntfx)
ltfs
Reference implementation of the LTFS format Spec for stand alone tape drive (by LinearTapeFileSystem)
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| 2 | 9 | |
| 39 | 219 | |
| - | 3.2% | |
| 4.3 | 6.2 | |
| 8 months ago | 5 months ago | |
| Go | C | |
| GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
stfs
Posts with mentions or reviews of stfs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-07.
- Simple Tape File System (STFS), a file system for tapes and tar files
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Show HN: Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in Go
Thanks for your work on Pion! I really enjoyed working with it, even in other places (STFS[1], a file system for tape drives that I wrote in January, uses it to access remote servers behind NAT for example). NAT-PMP/PCP support would be awesome!
[1] https://github.com/pojntfx/stfs
ltfs
Posts with mentions or reviews of ltfs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-10.
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Controller with correct block size for LTFS
Hi, What is the LTFS 'driver' you use for this? Some LTFS version provide a mode for supporting the buggy HBA. This helps time to time with some. It can be worst to try . Here is one version of LTFS i can recommend to use, and a link to an explanation about the Buggy HBA mode: https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs/wiki/HBA-info And link to issue of user having potential similar problem https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs/issues/144
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Alternative to using LTFS on LTO ?
I think IBM are actually the ones writing the reference implementation that HP and everyone else are basing their LTFS drivers on, so the compatibility list includes more than just IBM drives. In a production environment you'll probably be using the vendor software in any case. But I built the reference implementation on my home machine previously and it worked fine. https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs
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HPE StoreOpen for Windows
There is also a fair amount of energy going into the reference ltfs implementation, which I’ve yet to try properly: https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs I suspect using this version would be a good idea in the long term.
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LTFS on CentOS 6?
Is LTFS (including "mkltfs") on any repo? Is CentOS 6 still supported? The IBM docs suggest RHEL6 was supported. I found an LTFS GitHub, but of course it says CentOS 7+ is needed. It doesn't show support for newer Linux releases, though (CentOS9/RHEL9, Ubuntu 20/22, Debian 10/11, etc.), so I'm not sure if there is a better source for LTFS.
- Cheapest Backup software for use with LTO Tape Library
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LTO Tape data storage for Linux nerds
I recently purchased a LTO-5 drive for my Gentoo-based NAS and have a few key takeaways for those who are interested. Don't buy a HP tape drive if you want to use LTFS on Linux! HPE Library & Tape Tools is prety much dead on modern Linux. Official support is only for RHE 7.x and a few versions of Suse. Building from source is a dependency nightmare that will leave you pulling hair. IBM drives have much better Linux support thanks to https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs. That being said, IMO, you should consider ditching LTFS for good ol' TAR! It's been battle tested since 1979 and can be installed on basically anything. TAR is easy to use, well documented, and makes way more sense for linear filesystems. While drag&drop is nice and all, it really does not make sense for linear storage.
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Fujifilm Created a Magnetic Tape That Can Store 580 Terabytes
Looks fairly active to me
What are some alternatives?
When comparing stfs and ltfs you can also consider the following projects:
n2n - Peer-to-peer VPN
littlefs - A little fail-safe filesystem designed for microcontrollers
weron - Overlay networks based on WebRTC.
ltfs - ltfs4archivists
turn - Pion TURN, an API for building TURN clients and servers
hmg - Personal Gentoo/Linux configurations
ziti-doc - Documentation describing the usage of the Ziti platform.
archive-program - The GitHub Archive Program & Arctic Code Vault
Pion WebRTC - Pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API
ledger-app-lto - Community made LTO Network wallet application for Ledger devices
netbird - Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and simple access controls.
ltfs - Reference implementation of the LTFS format Spec for stand alone tape drive