--- Shyam Hazari <shazari AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> We are in the process of  buying a STK tape library
> with LTO (Fiber)
> drives.  I have two options.
> 
> 1) use the existing SAN infrastructure to connect
> the tape drives. I
> don't have to buy any extra switches as I have
> plenty of available
> ports.
> 
> or 
> 
> 2) buy extra switches.
> 
> I would prefer to go with option 2.  My question is
> , anyone using the
> existing SAN by mixing the tape libraries and the
> disk arrays ?
> 
> TIA
> 
> -Hazari

we use option 1.  we never considered option 2.  the
cost is high, plus a san can deal with data from disk
or tape and if you wanted to ip.  what is the reason
you would do a seperate fabric for just tape?

aaarrrggghhh!!!!
FreeBSD rocks


                
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