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
-->
Alvarado, Michael