Well, you wouldn't want to start with NOT enough tape drives, and if it is a "library" it would have a barcode reader, I would presume. Fiber is optional, SCSI can be used, but if you need LAN-Free backups you'll need fiber SAN connected library and drives. The point is that it all depends on your requirements. How much data are you planning for this thing to store? (how many versions, for how many days across how many clients with what percentage of change rate with how large of files?).
See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf > Of Mehdi Salehi > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 12:02 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] tape library for TSM > > What are the essentials of a tape library to fully work with TSM? > - enough tape drives > - barcode reader > - cartridge barcode labels > - FC connection for LAN-free > ...?
