Hi Tim,

in our FAS270 environment we use a native FC-Tape drive connected to the FC-HBA (see sysconfig -v):

slot 0: FC Host Adapter 0b (Dual-channel, QLogic 2312 rev. 2, 32-bit, L-port, <UP>) Firmware rev: 3.2.17 Host Loop Id: 7 FC Node Name: 5:00a:098000:000972 Cacheline size: 8 FC Packet size: 2048 SRAM parity: Yes External GBIC: No Link Data Rate: 1 Gbit 20: NETAPP X274_HJURE146F10 NA09 136.0GB (284820800 520B/sect) 21: NETAPP X274_HJURE146F10 NA09 136.0GB (284820800 520B/sect) [snip] Shelf 1: EFH (DS14-Mk2-FC Based Filer) Shelf 2: LRC Firmware rev. LRC A: 11 LRC B: 11 slot 0: FC Host Adapter 0c (QLogic 2312 rev. 2, 32-bit, L-port, <UP>) Firmware rev: 3.2.17 Host Loop Id: 7 FC Node Name: 5:00a:098100:000972 Cacheline size: 8 FC Packet size: 2048 SRAM parity: Yes External GBIC: No Link Data Rate: 1 Gbit 0: Tape: HP Ultrium 2-SCSI F5AH

If you do not want to buy new tapes, you could use an additional FC/SCSI converter.

Rene

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Tim Longo [mailto:tlongo@avaya.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. September 2004 15:17 An: toasters@mathworks.com Betreff: migrating from 740

Greetings,

I am currently running a F740 with about 1 terabyte of raw storage at about 50% utilization. I'm beginning to look into an replacemnt, perhaps an FAS250 or FAS270.

At this point, I have a HVD SCSI connection going from my filer to a tape library for backups. The FAS250 etc, don't have a SCSI connectors, so I've been told I would need a converter from Ethernet to SCSI.

Anyone using a converter for this purpose? How are people with the FAS250 backing up their systems? Any other thoughts or suggestions also welcome.

Thanks.