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Re: [Veritas-bu] multipathing with tapes on Linux?

2011-07-27 17:49:49
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] multipathing with tapes on Linux?
From: Alexander Leikin <Alexander.Leikin AT loblaw DOT ca>
To: David Magda <dmagda AT ee.ryerson DOT ca>, "Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu" <Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:49:36 +0000
Hi David,

There is no multi-pathing for Tape Drives,

Regards,
Alex

On 11-07-27 4:44 PM, "David Magda" <dmagda AT ee.ryerson DOT ca> wrote:

>Hey,
>
>Anyone know if Linux (specifically RHEL 5.x) supports multi-pathing to
>tapes? Is it worth setting up a media server with a 10 GigE interface and
>two (or more) FC connections on the other?
>
>AFAICT, the "device-mapper-multipath" only support MPIO for block devices.
>Is this assessment correct?
>
>Thanks for any info.
>
>Regards,
>David
>
>
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