I'm with Jay. I have an L20 running two DLT8000s and there's been no issue with the robotics or the drives.
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:19:45AM +0100, Marco Schierloh wrote: > > Hi, > > > > planning for a new backup-strategy I am investigating the possibility to use > > amanda with a HP Surestore 2/20 Tape Library with one ultrium drive. Does > > anyone have experience with this setup or does amanda not support this > > hardware? > > I'm using: > > Sun L20 (re-badged HP 2/20) with Ultrium LTO > SPARC Solaris 8 > mtx 1.2.16rel with sgen(7D) driver per contrib/config_sgen_solaris.sh > Amanda 2.4.2p2 with chg-zd-mtx > > Works perfectly, I had to make a one-line change in chg-zd-mtx. Amanda > 2.4.3 is recommended; chg-zd-mtx got a lot of work done on it. > > Make sure the changer firmware is up-to-date. I've talked to another > L20 user who was having mtx problems, but they had older firmware > (Anne, did the firmware download fix your problem?). FWIW, I've got: > > orion:/home/jayl 1> mtx -f /dev/scsi/changer/c4t4d0 inquiry > Product Type: Medium Changer > Vendor ID: 'HP ' > Product ID: 'C7200 ' > Revision: '133S' > Attached Changer: No > > The LTO drives are great. I routinely get 15-20MB/s taper rates (HW > compression on). > > -- > Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Accelerant Networks Inc. (voice)1.503.439.3461 > Beaverton OR, USA (fax)1.503.466.9472
