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Re: Bleeding edge stuff (LTO)

2001-02-01 20:02:42
Subject: Re: Bleeding edge stuff (LTO)
From: Suad Musovich <suad AT CCU1.AUCKLAND.AC DOT NZ>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 14:04:18 +1300
We have, but our SAN switches/Gateways are IBM re-badges so we had them
"make it work".
There are still issues, but they are limitations of drivers at the client OS.

TSM system: AIX 4.3.3 (TSM 4.1.2)
Library: 3584, 4 drives, SAN connected via SCSI Gateway

So far, it's flying along quite happily.

Cheers, Suad
--
 Suad Musovich (s.musovich AT auckland.ac DOT nz)
 Suad Musovich (s.musovich AT auckland.ac DOT nz)
 Unix Support, ITSS Operations
 University of Auckland

BTW. Anyone know of a utility to measure Mbps throughput on a network interface
under AIX?


On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 09:24:37PM -0700, Kelly J. Lipp wrote:
> Dan,
>
> Go to adsm.org and search for posts by me about LTO libraries.  Lots of good
> stuff there that I won't regurgitate here.
>
> I think the technology is great: drives and libraries.  However, the
> implementation in these very early days leaves somethings to be desired.
> That said, sticking to NT rather than W2K and to AIX probably offers nothing
> but goodness.
>
> For those of you contemplating using LTO in a SAN, careful there too.  There
> are some problems making that work.  We're involved in a situation now where
> we're working through a number of issues with various drivers and hardware.
> I'll post once we've got a solution but for now approach this with caution.
> Anyone who has made an LTO library work with a SAN Data Gateway, I'd love to
> hear about it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly J. Lipp
> Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
> PO Box 51313
> Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
> (719) 531-5926
> Fax: (240) 539-7175
> Email: lipp AT storsol DOT com or lipp AT storserver DOT com
> www.storsol.com
> www.storserver.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Dan Giles
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 7:51 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Bleeding edge stuff (LTO)
>
>
> Good day all - been gone for a while but now I'm back.
>
> I have a client that is thinking of moving over to the new LTO tape drives,
> for
> a number of good reasons. I was wondering if there is anyone out there
> currently
> employing or benchmarking these drives, and what the results have been so
> far. I
> am particularly interested in comparisons with the 3590 type drives.
>
> Thanks in advanced - Dan
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