Hi, all.

Some $$ have come our way and management made the decision that we are
going to LTO-4 and encryption.  That being said, we've moved forward on
the research and pricing.  Before we actually place the order I want to
see if anyone else has had [b]leading edge experience in this area that
might provide me with questions that I haven't thought to ask or
suggestions on how to handle some of the aspects that are new with the
technology.  We've looked at appliances and have decided not to go that
way. 

The current system is RHEL4, NWv7.3.3 (server and clients) with a mix of
RHEL, Solaris, OSX, and Win clients, 
1 - SCSI attached library with 3 LTO-2 drives.

The new system will be RHEL4 or 5 (updated with new HBAs), NWv7.4.2 same
client mix
1 - FC attached library (Quantum i500) with 3 LTO-4 drives (IBM) - at
least 2 drives will have encryption enabled.
Software to perform encryption key management

I've kept track of the HBA discussions, IBM drive info, Networker
upgrade threads, and anything else related.  I expect to upgrade
Networker and then the OS prior to the HW switch.  Not much has been
said about encryption.  Does it work as advertised?  Is it fairly
seamless?  Networker doesn't really see any difference and it's business
as usual?  How about key management?  Do I believe the sales materials?

Patti Clark
Sr. Unix System Administrator - RHCT, GSEC
Office of Scientific and Technical Information




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