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We are looking at IBM 3592 tape hardware for our NBU 4.5 MP6
environment.  The drive is marketed at 40 MB/sec (200 MB/sec burst rate)=

and 900 GB/tape.  The hardware pushing this would be HP RP7410 Media
Servers over a McData 4500 tape SAN.  I'm curious how others may have
implemented high capacity tape on an application or OS level.  If I were=

to use NDMP with our NetApp filers, do you think we could push the
drives (direct attached) or would it just be a capacity solution=3F

Any other tips or tricks to get the most out of the capacity or the
throughput capabilities=3F

TIA

Brian

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