I mix the tapes & disks on existing SAN.  I don't, however, mix tapes &
disks on the HBA side on the servers.  It's often recommended against by
vendors because HBA settings that are good for disks are bad for tapes and
vice versa.  I run different zones for tape & disk.

-M

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Shyam
Hazari
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:14 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Tape SAN + Data SAN


We are in the process of  buying a STK tape library with LTO (Fiber)
drives.  I have two options.

1) use the existing SAN infrastructure to connect the tape drives. I
don't have to buy any extra switches as I have plenty of available
ports.

or 

2) buy extra switches.

I would prefer to go with option 2.  My question is , anyone using the
existing SAN by mixing the tape libraries and the disk arrays ?

TIA

-Hazari

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