Apologize for the delayed reply to this. Am a strong supporter of AIT-2 and Spectra Logic, but aren't you getting ahead of yourself? According to SL's web page, GbE interfaces are currently under development, but not yet available. If you want to implement GbE with Spectra Logic and NetApp today, you still require a backup server to which you would SCSI- or Fibre-attach your Spectra Logic tape library (I would recommend setting up a private network to take the traffic off your production network, though). Joe
Joe Luchtenberg Dataline, Inc. New number and email, please update: 757.858.0600 858.0606 fax joe.luchtenberg@data-line.com
-----Original Message----- From: Alvarado, Michael [SMTP:michael.alvarado@netapp.com] Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 8:52 PM To: 'Moshe Linzer'; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: RE: Qualstar AIT-2 and Veritas
Have you considered the GbE AIT 2 library from SpectraLogic?
-----Original Message----- From: Moshe Linzer [mailto:Moshe.Linzer@nsc.com] Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 4:00 AM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Qualstar AIT-2 and Veritas
In our quest for a Budtool + tape library replacement, we are currently looking at Veritas NetBackup and a Qualstar AIT-2 tape library for our 2 NetApp F760's. Does anyone have experience with this combination? Qualstar makes a good argument for AIT technology. Is AIT-2 fully supported on the 760? From looking on NOW, I noticed a few things:
- The F760 SCSI port is HVD, Qualstar library is LVD-SE, so I need a
converter. Can the Filer port be changed to LVD-SE? 2. Tape drive matrix on NOW (http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/olio/cert_matrices/tape_drives.s ht ml) says that versions below OnTap 6.0 require a PVR. What exactly is a PVR? Will I still get full performance from the drive?
Is anyone using Veritas with a Qualstar library?
Thanks,
Moshe
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