Thanks Jon, that gives me some direction.... Gary
Jon LaBadie wrote:
On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 08:36:49PM -0700, G. Artim wrote:
Hi All,
I'm new to this listserv and Amanda. Thanks for any help in advance.
My Question: does Amanda support the Overland loaderxpress line,
specifically the one with the SDLT 320 drive?
Amanda does not "support" drives or changers in the sense you probably mean. It contains no code that is specific to the hardware. Instead, it depends on other programs, eg mt and mtx, to do the manipulation. Well, there is one, chg-scsi if you use it. But if I understand that one, it issues "generic" scsi calls.
So the question is either: - does it work with mt and mtx on your system - are there alternatives (like chg-scsi) that may work - have others reported success using amanda with your drive combination
The mtx.sourceforge.net site has a compatibility list.
As to amanda, in April a survey was conducted with 72 people responding. Here is the summary of the responses to the changer/library questions:
A total of 30 of 72 respondents reported having a tape changer or library. Several of those reported having more than one changer/library. Surprisingly, the 30 respondents reported 26 distinct models of changer/library.
The table below shows the models reported by those 28 respondents. Where multiple reports for the same model existed, only one entry is show. Where the multiple reports showed different configuration (eg. 1 drive vs 2 drive), only the larger configuration is shown.
BRAND MODEL # of # of total drives tapes capacity ADIC ?? 1 4 200 GB ADIC FastStor DLT 1 7 245 GB Compaq MSL5126 1 25 4000 GB Compaq SSL2020 2 20 1000 GB Dell Powervault 122T 1 8 320 GB Hewlett-Packard A4845A 5 588 20000 GB Hewlett-Packard C1557A 1 6 72 GB Hewlett-Packard ESL9595 2 595 70000 GB Hewlett-Packard MSL5026S2 2 26 4160 GB Hewlett-Packard SureStore 6x40 1 6 120 GB Hewlett-Packard SureStore 6x24 1 6 72 GB Overland Data LXB 4120 1 10 150 GB Overland Data Library Pro 1 19 1900 GB Overland Data LoaderXpress 1 15 525 GB Qualstar 6220 2 20 700 GB Qualstar TLS-4200 2 20 2000 GB Quantum DLT7000 2560 1 8 320 GB Segate CTL-96/4586N 1 4 14 GB Sony TSL-9000 1 8 96 GB SpectraLogic Bullfrog 10000 3 40 10000 GB SpectraLogic Treefrog 2000 1 15 750 GB StorageTek Timberwolf 9730 2 30 1000 GB Straightline Harrier/830 2 30 1500 GB Sun L20 2 20 2000 GB Sun L40 2 40 1600 GB Sun Storedge L9 1 9 360 GB
