Re: [Networker] SUN X4500 'Thumper' as a storage node?
2007-04-23 14:18:55
On Apr 23, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Eric Haupt wrote:
Stan, get well soon and get that X4500 deployed so we can hear
about it :)
Are you currently doing disk-to-disk-to-tape? We are currently
doing just
disk-to-tape, but have been considering VTLs for a while. With the
X4500 we
feel we can manage d-d-t on it's own. Also sounds like the X4500
could work
nicely as a VTL.
We are planning to use our X4500 as a second storage node on our tape
library and for disk-to-disk-to-tape backup. Its sitting in our
staging area waiting for it to be moved to the building where we keep
our tape library and I am still awaiting delivery of the HBAs that go
with it.
We don't currently do any kind of disk-to-disk-to-anything backups. I
do not have plans to deploy our X4500 as a VTL. I am hoping to have
it in production by mid-June, so I will definitely post of a review
of it. I am glad its getting positive reviews (like from FalconStor)
running RH Linux. The fact that FalconStor is using it for a VTL
speaks very positively of that system. I am inclined to run Solaris
10 on it, but I am using it as a bit of an experiment to try RH Linux
in our NetWorker environment, plus a Linux storage node license costs
much less then for Solaris.
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