As we get closer to actually purchasing our new tape library, we've started to think about how things will physically fit in our machine room.
According to the NetApp manual, it says the max SCSI length for connecting a tape drive is 17ft. Is that the absolute maximum? I've heard people talk about 25metres. I'm inclined to believe the manual but I would much rather believe 25metres. Otherwise we're going to have to get really creative connecting 4 separate machines (2 of which are F740s) to one tape library via 4 separate SCSI buses on the library (don't ask ;).
What kind of SCSI are you talking about? I know differential works over a much longer path (that's why it was created).
An goofy work-around could be to get a differential SCSI drive and then get a differential-to-standard scsi converter (like from Paralan) and put it near the toaster. Probably not the best, but it's a thought...
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Jeff Bryer wrote:
As we get closer to actually purchasing our new tape library, we've started to think about how things will physically fit in our machine room.
According to the NetApp manual, it says the max SCSI length for connecting a tape drive is 17ft. Is that the absolute maximum? I've heard people talk about 25metres. I'm inclined to believe the manual but I would much rather believe 25metres. Otherwise we're going to have to get really creative connecting 4 separate machines (2 of which are F740s) to one tape library via 4 separate SCSI buses on the library (don't ask ;).
-- Jeff Bryer bryer@sfu.ca Systems Administrator (604) 291-4935 Academic Computing, Simon Fraser University
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