Filetools project

Introduction

The filetools project collects various lightweight helper tools to deal with large volumes of files. The tools are written as ruby scripts, possibly backed by a sqlite database.

Backuptool

The backuptool acts as a catalog handler for a tar based backup system using LTO tapes. It is built and tested with LTO-4 tapes in mind as LTO-4 is the current sweet spot when considering cost vs. capacity. The backuptool is described in more details here.