Alexandria is an GNOME application that keeps a database of books. Users can enter titles manually, by ISBN, or with a barcode reader. The application can connect to book retailers such as Amazon to download images of book covers. GNOME (for GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a open source/free software computer desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. ... A database is a collection of information stored in a computer in a systematic way, such that a computer program can consult it to answer questions. ... The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced is-ben), is a unique1 identifier for books, intended to be used commercially. ... Wikipedia encoded in Code 128-B 2D barcode example A barcode (also bar code) is a machine-readable representation of information in a visual format on a surface. ... The name Amazon may refer to several concepts: The legendary Amazons, women renowned in antiquity for their prowess in battle. ...
Since backup software is closely tied with hardware devices, we brought in a passel of tape subsystems for the software to pour data into.
Alexandria handles all of the tape-management tasks and automatically backs up its vital database, cleans the library's tape drives, and warns when tapes have been overused and should be replaced.
Alexandria has the advantage of being closer to a turnkey solution than the others by nature of Spectra Logic selling hardware and software together as a single unit.
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