This device could be offered sooner if the library vendors selling LTO were to introduce libraries with a GbE interface and an embedded NDMP server like ATL Products has announced and which several other library vendors are planning to announce.
http://www.atlp.com/products/osn/index.html
-----Original Message----- From: Moshe Linzer [mailto:Moshe.Linzer@nsc.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 9:21 AM To: Collie, Michael Cc: Steve Vawter; ryanb@enteract.com; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: LTO support?
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" Michael.Collie@netapp.com --> 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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Alvarado, Michael