A tape drive is a device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape, often for archival or backup purposes.
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Backup alternative to tape - inexpensive SAN?
I'm pricing SANs and the cheapest I can find are 36k; we're limited in our department to 25k in purchases before they go for approval. I'd love to get rid of tape backup, as they are cumbersome and unreliable.
Can a SAN be had in the 20k range?
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Compatibility of ESX 4 and LTO 3 with LSI2032 Dell Power Edge
does anybody know something about the compatibility of an LTO 3 Tapedrive (PV HH LTO 3 400GB) attached to an LSI2032 SCSI-Controller? These devices are added to an Dell PowerEdge T610 Server which is listed in the certified Compatibility Guide.
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Maximum write speed of HP Ultrium 1760 drive
The write speed of the HP Ultrium 1760 drive is specified as 120MB/s with LTO-4 media and 80MB/s with LTO-3 media. However I get half of that - 80/40 MB/s respectively. The connector is SFF-8482 at the drive and SATA at the controller. The SFF-8482…
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Magnetic tape alternative
I have recently been assigned as a systems administrator to look after a streaming service and its related server architecture.
Once a week i travel 3hours to turn around a magnetic tape library which holds server files.
To save on driving, I want…
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Fibre Channel Ports and Tape Library
I am looking for advice rather then fix my issue.
What should fibre channel port settings be? Currently F_ports,
I have a qlogic 5800 sanbox switch connected to quantum scalar i40 lto7 library over fibre channel.
My backup product P5, speeds…
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What fiber PCI-E card to buy? HP BL532A MSL4048 1 LTO-5 ULTRIUM 3280 FC 48-SLOT TAPE LIBRARY
I bought a HP BL532A MSL4048 1 LTO-5 ULTRIUM 3280 FC 48-SLOT TAPE LIBRARY
I have a few quick questions:
What is the best fiber card to buy for this unit?
Can I buy a quad port fiber card and use 1 of the ports for fast ethernet & the 2 other ports…
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