Well it's lacking the I/O blades, so yes it is lacking. As to whether it makes much difference, not really, apart from increased port usage on the Switch. I really can see that adding extra blades improves reliability,
Steven Mehdi Salehi <[email protected]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> 31/07/2010 07:54 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] ports on TS3310 LCB Caterpillar: Confidential Green Retain Until: 30/08/2010 Thanks Steven, Here is a description of FC I/O Blade in i500: "The I/O blade architecture featured in the Scalar i500 tape library is designed to improve reliability in SAN environments. In addition, this I/O architecture enables seamless integration & operation, and reduces switch port & cabling requirements by 75%" Does it mean the rebadged version (TS3310) lacks something? Thanks
