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Re: [Networker] LTO tape drives on Linux
2008-09-04 13:03:38
On Sep 4, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Davina Treiber wrote:
This is a question to those of you using Linux machines as a server
or storage node.
What is the best choice of driver to use when connecting IBM LTO
tape drives to a Linux server? Is it best to install the IBMtape
drivers, or stick with the native st drivers.
How well does persistent binding/naming work with the Linux version
of the IBMtape driver?
If using the native st driver, is it necessary to customise
stinit.def? Does it in fact run stinit at the right time?
What are your experiences with LTO tapes on Linux?
I have a Linux server with four IBM LTO-3 drives in a Qualstar
library. This server originally started out as a storage node. Now,
its a server. I didn't install any special drivers for the tape drives
or configure an stinit.def file for them, but I did install the HBA
drivers for the cards that we bought with this server. I can't compare
this configuration with using IBM's tape drivers because I have never
run it with those drivers.
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