I've used Fibre/SCSI bridges quite a lot with NetWorker with good effect.
Your biggest thing to keep in mind is watching the age of the firmware on
the bridge in relation to FC switch upgrades, etc.

Particularly in use with Linux systems, every time I have had
"compatibility" issues with SCSI libraries (e.g., abnormal behaviour or
failed activities) when doing robotic commands (load tape, withdraw to cap,
etc) while simultaneously doing tape activities, I have achieved 100%
ongoing successful library operations merely by inserting a fibre-channel
bridge and making the connection that way.

Cheers,

Preston.


On 20/7/06 5:56 PM, "Wood, R A (Bob)" <WoodR AT CHEVRON DOT COM> wrote:

> Vince,
> Must have missed the initial post but you mention SCSI bridge,
> we use a Fibre/SCSI bridge and have used it for the last 6 years. We
> used it to allow SAN access to an ageing SCSI tape library. There's not
> much to it - it works...
> 
> 
> Regards
> Bob 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Vince Howard
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> Hi Shyam,
>  
> I've yet to hear from anyone who's actually used a SCSI Bridge, so I
> don't have anything to share with the list yet.  Sorry.
>  
>  
> Best Regards,
>  
> Vince
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> From: Shyam Hegde [mailto:hegde.shyam AT gmail DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 2:28 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT listserv.temple DOT edu; Vince Howard
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Slightly off-topic query
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> Hello Vince,
>  
> Could you freeze on any of the solution to meet your management's
> requirement on backup design. Sure you might have spoken to some of the
> vendor's pre-sales experts as well. Any new thing came up which is
> interesting and that could be shared with us here?
>  
> Regards
> Shyam
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