On Tue 19 Dec, 2000, neil lehrer nlehrer@ibb.gov wrote:

2. i have heard i can connect a tape device to a fibre channel card

rather than the scsi to get better performance. anybody know anything about this? i'm not looking for a separate network, just more performance.

Given there are no single tape devices that will likely top the maximum throughput available on a fast-wide parallel SCSI connection, moving to FC won't buy you much.

If you say wanted to go from two devices to four, then, yes FC might be a suitable move. I'm not aware yet of (m)any tape devices that do FC natively - most currently require the use of a FC-parallel-SCSI 'bridge' (they're SCSI routers to afficionados).

cluster card [i am configured with 1 f760 as active and the other as standby, do nothing. the tape drive will be attached to the active filer].

Then the costs and difficulties in using FC tape hardware outweigh the benefits.

-- End of excerpt from neil lehrer