Yes this can be done. If you suspect that latency will be a challenge
just make sure you have the Tape Acceleration Feature enabled on your
SAN switch that's doing FCIP, the challenges here at least with Cisco's
FCIP you can use compression or tape acceleration but not both.
It works pretty good depending on your FCIP link size, the amount of
data etc....
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Hans Christian Riksheim
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:37 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Library sharing over FCIP
Hi!
Does anybody have any experience with library sharing over FCIP. I am
involved in a setup where the copypool is located far awyay from the
primary backup. I am not happy with using Virtual Volumes so I want to
explore the possibility of mounting the tape drives directly over the
SAN. Bandwidth will be OK and the IP-line will be stable, but I expect
there will be some latency.
Best regards
Hans Chr. Riksheim
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