Re: [Networker] Tape Libraries
2003-01-30 14:33:32
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Engle, Vic wrote:
>
> We are soon going to add a Network Appliance filer with 2TB to our network
> and plan to attach a library to the filer for NDMP backups. Our P1000s are
> old and have HVD interfaces which is not supported on the netapp so either
> we need to convert HVD to LVD or acquire a new library with LVD or FC. I
> have priced libraries from STK, Quantum, HP and Qualstar and have found that
> the Qualstar seems to offer the best value however I have been warned that
> they are not comparable in quality to the other vendors and that there have
> been some compatibility problems attaching them to netapp filers. It was
> suggested that the problems relate to Qualstar's scsi implementation.
Here, we have a Qualstar 412600 tape library connected via SCSI to our
Tru64 Unix Legato 6.1.1 server. Our Qualstar tape library is about one and
a half years old and its equipped with six AIT-2 tape drives. This library
works well for us.
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