[Networker] Migrating data from staging disk to LTO3 tape

We are looking at upgrading the drives in our tape library to LTO3technology. My concern is with cloning/migrating data from our stagingdrives to tape. With our present environment, the throughput rate to ourexisting LTO2 drives ranges between 10 MB/sec to 20 MB/sec. With theLTO3 drives rated at 60 MB/sec, I am worried we will get into someserious "shoe shining" with the LTO3's, due to our inability to reachthe streaming rate. This shoe shining, meaning forcing the tape tocontinually stop, reverse, and move forward again during recording,would cause significant wear and tear on the media and the drives.

On area where I could see improvement would be to send more than oneclone/migration session to a single tape device. Does anyone know ifthis is possible?

Is anyone presently cloning/migrating staging disk to LTO3 drives, andhave there been any issues?


Thanks very much.

Mark Davis
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Mark Davis
Legato NetWorker Support - I.T.S
University of Western Ontario
email: davism AT uwo DOT ca

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