To explain the mt commands above, the first option sets the tape drive to variable block size mode. So any block size will be fine. The second tries to match the tape drive blocks size with the block size tar is writing with. The third tries to match tar's block size with the tape drives block size.
Hi there,
I'm not familiar with BSD tar, but I'll try to help using GNU tar as a reference (the one on linux). Your issue could be with your tape block size and tar block size. tar by default writes in blocks of size 10 kb. This usually does not match with the block size setting of your tape...
I guess the biggest success is on the NAS front. FreeNAS (freenas.org) is you need to setup a NAS. Well supported with many FreeBSD developers involved actively (http://www.freenas.org/about/team-members)
On the SAN front FreeBSD is probably still lacking. One option is Quadstor...
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