On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:22:49 +1000
"James Harper" <james.harper AT bendigoit.com DOT au> wrote:

> > 
> > On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:36:47 -0300
> > Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas AT gmx DOT net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi all!
> > >
> > > I'm doing tests with a brand new HP Storageworks 1/8 G2 I plan to
> use
> > > with Bacula on Debian GNU/Linux Lenny.
> > >
> > > The tape autoloader is connected to a PC through an HP Smart Array
> P212
> > > card. It is HP's entry level PCI Express Serial Attached SCSI RAID
> > > controller.
> > >
> > 
> > For Dell/IBM, you really can't use a RAID controller to access tape.
> > You have to buy a plain SAS controller. However, that may not be the
> > case for your HP hardware.
> > 
> > When you go into the RAID card's BIOS interface at boot, does it
> detect
> > all of devices you have physically connected to it?
> > 
> 
> The HP Smart Array P212 does specifically support tape drives, and the
> HP Storageworks 1/8 G2 does specifically claim support for that card,
> but in the past it has been recommended to put tape drives on their own
> controllers even if it is supported on the RAID controller.
> 
> But as you say, that support is a feature of the card and is not a
> normal feature of RAID controllers.


When you go into the RAID card's BIOS interface at boot, does it
detect and show all of devices you have physically connected to it?


Regards,
-- 
Alex Chekholko   chekh AT genomics.upenn DOT edu

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