Yet another would be an FC - SCSI bridge
for your existing library. Chaparral makes several (they call them
storage routers). We've used them with older AIT-2 libraries on NetApp
F760's for years with no problems. We just upgraded our F760s to
FAS940s and attached an Overland Data Neo 4100 to them. While the
4100 is LTO-2, it utilizes a built-in Chaprral to connect to the world
via 2 Gb FC. No problems here either.
The Chaparral's aren't cheap (~$6K),
but they work with no problems at all.
Jeff Mery, MCP
National Instruments
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Jeff Bryer <bryer@sfu.ca> Sent by: owner-toasters@mathworks.com
Another option might be to use some sort of encryption
on the data
so that it can be backed up using your existing backup system.
Not sure exactly what would work for your situation though.
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:03:00PM -0600, Geoff Hardin wrote:
> First, let me say thanks to everyone who responded.
>
> Second, it appears that there are no stand alone FC drives on the
market
> now. There are a couple of drives that have native FC support
(LTO-2 and
> STK 9xxx), but they are available only as a part of a library
> configuration.
>
> So in our situation, it looks like we'll just attach the tape drives
to
> the Sun server and back everything up via NFS (hope they don't want
> CIFS data on the filer!), or they'll have to open the pocket book
a bit
> wider and buy a small autoloader or library.
>
> Thanks again for all the responses!
>
> Geoff Hardin
> geoff.hardin@dalsemi.com
> If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]
> > On Behalf Of Geoff Hardin
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:39 PM
> > To: toasters
> > Subject: backup question
> >
> >
> > I am getting a FAS270c for a small project. The
users are concerned
> >
> > about the data security and do not want the data to cross the
wire to
> > our current backup solution. So, we're limited to a couple
of direct
> > attached tape drives on the FAS270 because the amount of data
does not
> > justify a small library. Is there anyone else out there
doing this?
> > What did you use? I can't find any stand alone FC
(optical) tape
> > drives.
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> >
> > Geoff Hardin
> > geoff.hardin@dalsemi.com
> > If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you
tried.
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Jeff Bryer
bryer@sfu.ca
Systems Administrator
(604) 291-4935
Academic Computing, Simon Fraser University