We, too, have a ADIC i2K & LTO2. We are running NetWorker 7.2. We
currently have 4 drives and are waiting to have another 4 installed. We
have an HP eva5000 SAN and NetWorker runs on an AIX box. They are all
connected through a Brocade fiber switch.

Everything is running great. There were a few hiccups during the
install, but once we got everything in place, we have had no problems.
We are about to add another SAN to our environment.

You have to be very careful about who you go with. Like Mr. Saiyed
commented, no one vendor helped us from point-to-point. We have to
combine their knowledge and our knowledge together to get the whole
thing to work.

-----Original Message-----
From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Fazil Saiyed
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:28 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] new tape library/solution

Hello,
We were in the same boat as you are, now we are on ADIC i2K & LTO2,
everyting is working fine now after some initial deep trouble, i will
mention a couple of points here.
1. Love ADIC i2K tape library, ( open system only), works good on SAN, i
am however, deeply troubled by the support and lack of ownership during
issues, i.e IBM tape drives, Windows 2003 64 bit server & Brocade, no
one would like to support such an inviroment.
2. My suggestion is IBM, STK or HP, they can handle all problem by
themself and are not looking to point finger at other vendor, this will
become a major headach once you start having problem.
3. IF you have Linux expertise then your apporoch is fine, otherwise W3K
-
64 bit works fine, later this year networker will have 64 bit version.
4. I would suggest Commvault as backup vendor for its superior and
modern architecture if you have that option.
5. Get a Storage node if your backup volume increases.
6. Pay a close attention to Drivers, level and its issues in SAN.
HTH.

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