Yes LTO has been discussed extensively but all of the potential LTO suppliers have been unable to supply NetApp with any LTO devices and the SCSI device driver cannot be written without a drive. IBM prioritized other vendors ahead of NetApp. Here is where it is helpful to the end use customers make clear to suppliers that NetApp support is strategic and important.
-----Original Message----- From: David A. Chapa [mailto:david@datastaff.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 1:05 PM To: Moshe Linzer Cc: Collie, Michael; Steve Vawter; ryanb@enteract.com; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: LTO support?
LTO has been talked about for the last 18 months rather aggressively, I'm surprised as well.
Quoting Moshe Linzer Moshe.Linzer@nsc.com:
Actually, after a closer look it appears that the IBM
library is an OEM of
the ADIC Scalar 100. There are quite a few vendors
selling (& shipping?) LTO
gear, and with all the hype, I find it hard to believe that
NetApp doesn't know
about it! As is apparant from this list, NetApp users are
hungry for more
powerful backup solutions, and the fact that there won't be an
OnTap LTO driver
available until a year after the official release of
the technology is
incredible!
Moshe
"Collie, Michael" wrote:
From your mail, some library vendors are
apparently advance in having
LTO
solutions. We will raise this, as a question to
some of the first tier
library vendors that we are partnering with that
doesn't yet have LTO
solutions.
Thanks for the information.
Michael.
-----Original Message----- From: Moshe Linzer [mailto:Moshe.Linzer@nsc.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 11:40 PM To: Steve Vawter Cc: Michael.Collie@netapp.com; ryanb@enteract.com;
toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Re: LTO support?
IBM is offering 2 library models with up to 6
Ultrium drives. Qualstar
also
has a few models available with LTO.
Moshe
Steve Vawter wrote:
I already have 1 vendor willing to admit that
they have a library
that can either be pure LTO or else 1/2 LTO, 1/2
SDLT (heding their
bets). I believe that they are actually already
taking orders and
supposedly shipping these units.
In no way should you take this as a testimonial,
but here is the info:
Overland Data www.overlanddata.com
Steve Vawter voice: 408-490-5310 fax: 408-
490-8615
Staff UNIX Systems Administrator
Steve.Vawter@C-Cube.COM
--> --> From Michael.Collie@netapp.com Mon Mar 12
15:06:31 2001
--> From: "Collie, Michael"
--> To: Moshe Linzer Moshe.Linzer@nsc.com --> Cc: "'ryanb'" ryanb@enteract.com,
toasters@mathworks.com
--> Subject: RE: LTO support? --> X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) --> --> Moshe, --> --> The LTO technology promises performance of up
to 30Mb/s with 2:1
--> compression. This performance far exceeds
DLTs, SDLT, ATI-2 and
9840s.
The
--> form factor for LTO (Ultrium) is different
for today's tape drives.
--> --> It may be some time before library vendors
integrate the LTO
technology into
--> their products. NetApp support for LTO is
slated for 4th quarter of
--> --> --> ---Original Message----- --> From: ryanb [mailto:ryanb@enteract.com] --> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 12:58 PM --> To: Moshe Linzer --> Cc: toasters@mathworks.com --> Subject: Re: LTO support? --> --> On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:17:57PM +0200,
Moshe Linzer wrote:
--> > Does anyone know when LTO will be supported
on the filer? I have
two
--> > 760's, and we are shopping around for a
backup library. I am
hesitant
--> > to go with LTO at this point, but
management likes the numbers.
Can
--> > anyone share experience or opinions on LTO
drives or libraries?
--> --> Most LTO equipment is identical to DLT
equipment, only with a
different
--> tape drive. In this respect, the LTO drives
will perform
identically,
or
--> so I'd like to think. ;) Please let me know
if I'm wrong here.
--> --> - ryan -->
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