We're looking at getting a jukebox with 2 DLT7000s to hookup directly to two large Netapps. We would run Budtool on a Sun on the network. My understanding is, one Netapp CAN control the robotic arm/barcode reader, etc, to load tapes in its drive and the other one's drive..is this correct? Second question..If we have a third Netapp, it can be dumped through the network to one of the local attached drives, correct? My final question -- we have a number of Suns as well. Can they be dumped through the network, using NDMP or anything else, to the locally attached tape drive of a Netapp? Like I said I would be using Budtool, but I don't recall if Budtool has an NDMP client that I would need to run on the Suns, or how it would work...if it even would work. It would be a bummer to have to dedicate a drive to being locally attached to the Sun w/ Budtool, which would be necessary if only the Sun could control the robotic, OR if only the Sun could remotely backup the other Suns. (This is our setup currently, but we are looking at options for new hardware and a better setup for back ups, where we are not dumping through the network for everything....) Thanks in advance...
Justin Acklin