Thanks for the info. I think we have a Dell PowerEdge R730xd ear-marked for this, it has a reasonable spec and will get repurposed to do the job, but we'll need to buy a SAS card to connect it up.
The Overland T24 seems to be quite good on paper at least also (though not many stockists here). This looks to be a bit of a halfway between the Superloader 3 and the aforementioned HPE library. It appears that on the Overland T24 the drive can be upgraded later on to a newer LTO generation drive. Not sure that's possible on the Superloader 3 - I think those are bought as they are and aren't upgradable in future (with new LOT tech drives when those are available). The MTX compatibility list (below) appears to be long gone, is there any other source of such information? Or are things generally assumed to just work (TM) these days? http://mtx.opensource-sw.net/compatibility.php thanks David ------------- David Simpson - Senior Systems Engineer ARCCA, Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB David Simpson - peiriannydd uwch systemau ARCCA, Adeilad Redwood, King Edward VII Avenue, Caerdydd, CF10 3NB [email protected] +44 29208 74657 COVID-19 Cardiff University is currently under remote work restrictions. Our staff are continuing normal work schedules, but responses may be slower than usual. We appreciate your patience during this unprecedented time COVID-19 Ar hyn o bryd mae Prifysgol Caerdydd o dan gyfyngiadau gweithio o bell. Mae ein staff yn parhau ag amserlenni gwaith arferol, ond gall ymatebion fod yn arafach na'r arfer. Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi eich amynedd yn ystod yr amser digynsail hwn. -----Original Message----- From: Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]> Sent: 18 December 2020 18:54 To: David Simpson <[email protected]> Cc: Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: Quantum superloader 3 and HPE StoreEver MSL3040 experiences The MSL4048 included tape “drawers” (magazines, I guess). Yes, you buy a drive. You need cables to your computer, and of course tapes. We dealt with a rep, who was also concerned that the computer and card was a fast enough speed, to drive the tape unit well. But I think that’s all you need. Since the 3040 is a different model, talking to a rep wouldn’t hurt ….. though they don’t always research things as well as you will. Deb Baddorf waving to my cousin in Wales > On Dec 18, 2020, at 12:25 PM, David Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > > With the HPE StoreEver MSL3040, do you need to buy anything to make the 40 > slots usable in the Base Library module? Any magazine or cartridge needed(?). > > If I'm interpreting correctly, you just need to buy the Base Library unit + a > drive to fit to it and nothing else. > > thanks > David > From: Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]> > Sent: 17 December 2020 20:10 > To: David Simpson <[email protected]> > Cc: Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]>; [email protected] > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Quantum superloader 3 and HPE StoreEver MSL3040 > experiences > > External email to Cardiff University - Take care when replying/opening > attachments or links. > Nid ebost mewnol o Brifysgol Caerdydd yw hwn - Cymerwch ofal wrth ateb/agor > atodiadau neu ddolenni. > > > > We have the HP StorEver MSL4048 tape library. It is sold with 40 tape > slots, and you separately choose your tape drive (yeah, half height). > We’ve loved it. 5 years old now. We had a weird problem that never found a > fix, merely a work-around …. > > A similar (another brand ) MSL4048 that I also run, wearing another > department’s hat has always worked great. It’s even older yet. > They replaced older tape drives (LTO3?) with LTO4 a few years back, and > the library still works nicely. > Its age is showing with some mis-reads by the barcode reader — but I print my > own labels, so half of that could be my fault. > > Amanda likes them just fine. I read the comments in a bunch of amanda’s > files, and tested the tape library first with > mtx and raw tape commands. Then tested amanda’s tape move commands > (amtape <config> slot NN, > amtape <config> slot next, etc) And then tested a small amanda setup. > Now I have 34 nodes, and perhaps 100 DLEs. > > Deb Baddorf > Fermilab > > > On Dec 17, 2020, at 8:33 AM, David Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Quantum Superloader 3 and HPE StoreEver MSL3040 > > > > ----------- > > > > I just wondered if anyone had experience of either of these? > > > > I used a Quantum Superloader many moons ago (~5 years ago) and found it to > > be decent. Though I’m not sure if the latest model can do LTO8 (which I’m > > asking Quantum about). > > > > The HPE MSL3040 also looks good – would be interested to hear about that if > > anyone has one. If I’m reading correctly the base module comes with 40 > > slots which seems surprising at the price. Though, I think it requires the > > half height tapes. > > > > regards > > David > > > > > > > > ------------- > > David Simpson - Senior Systems Engineer ARCCA, Redwood Building, > > King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB > > > > David Simpson - peiriannydd uwch systemau ARCCA, Adeilad Redwood, > > King Edward VII Avenue, Caerdydd, CF10 3NB > > > > [email protected] > > +44 29208 74657 > > > > COVID-19 Cardiff University is currently under remote work > > restrictions. Our staff are continuing normal work schedules, but > > responses may be slower than usual. We appreciate your patience > > during this unprecedented time > > > > COVID-19 Ar hyn o bryd mae Prifysgol Caerdydd o dan gyfyngiadau gweithio o > > bell. Mae ein staff yn parhau ag amserlenni gwaith arferol, ond gall > > ymatebion fod yn arafach na'r arfer. Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi eich amynedd yn > > ystod yr amser digynsail hwn.
