Fast back plane and lotsa network.

Can an intel box really drive 12 AIT-3 drives?  I'm very skeptical.
You're V880's have the power but I'm betting you're still not pushing
them unless you've got trunked gig.

No rule of thumb except that I don't think you'll find an Intel box that
will push that many drives.  Maybe the big 8-way's have a fast enough
backplane and if you trunk some gig links, who knows...

~JK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-
> admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Rick Harkins
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 7:02 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Capabilities of Intel/Linux media servers
> 
> We're being asked to move away from Sun media servers
> towards Intel boxes running Linux (probably Red Hat
> Enterprise).  We need some guidance about the number
> of tape drives that can driven per media server.  We
> currently run 12 AIT-3 drives each from our V-880s.
> 
> If you are using Intel-based media servers, can you
> share your 'rules of thumb' on sizing?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Rick
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