The information is stored on the internal database of the backup software for later recovery The filer receives the filename, and the offset map created from the restore The filer seeks through the ta...The information is stored on the internal database of the backup software for later recovery The filer receives the filename, and the offset map created from the restore The filer seeks through the tape to locate the directory that the file is contained in. Depending on the number of files in the directory, position of directory and file on the tape, and the number of tapes needing to be read, this process can take a long time to complete.
