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[Veritas-bu] Limits on attached storage on a Netapp

2000-09-07 14:37:10
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Limits on attached storage on a Netapp
From: Rob Worman rob AT colltech DOT com
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 13:37:10 -0500
and if you have an F760 filer, you can purchase an additional SCSI 
card that can be used for tape devices.

previous filer models are limited to just the onboard SCSI interface 
for tape drives.

At 12:52 PM -0500 9/7/00, Michael Wei wrote:
>If you use SCSI DLT drives, you can put 2 DLT7000 on a single SCSI bus on a
>Netapp and expect to see fully streamed write performance on both drives
>when performing NDMP backups.  I've done this.
>
>>  From veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu  Thu Sep  7 12:44:12 
>> 2000
>>
>>  Can anyone comment on how many peripherals may hang of the back of a
>>  Netapp (drives/libraries) for doing NDMP backups with Netbakup ? The
>>  glossies indicate that there is a limit of 1 DLT drive or Tape library,
>>  while Net App documentation indicates that it may be possible to use
>>  from 2 to 4 drives depending on the Filer model.
>>
>>  Thank-you,
>>  David Stringer
>>
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