I'll second that.  To keep 6 SDLTs fed from a M/M server you'll need at
least 3 processors and 3gb of RAM.  Go for the 4proc, 4g and crank up the
buffering and those drives should do well.

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Steven L. Sesar wrote:

> Absolutely. IMHO, 2 x 440, 1G RAM, is insufficient resource to stream 6 - SDLT
> drives.
>
> On Monday 17 February 2003 18:00, Douglas Ritschel wrote:
> > Currently our NetBackup DataCenter 3.4 Master/Media
> > Server has two DLT8000 drives. The Master/Media Server
> > is a SUN Netra with 2 440Mhz CPUs and 1 Gig of memory.
> > When we replace the 2 DLT8000 drives with 6 SDLT320
> > drives, would there be a big performance boost if we
> > also replace the Netra with a machine that has 4 CPUs
> > and 4 Gigs of memory?

-Jason

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