Yeah mine has been reversed SAS or FC goes directly to the drive but the drive has it’s own cable to the library and then everything shows up over the SAS connection to the host and the drive.
Brock Palen [email protected] www.mlds-networks.com Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting > On Jan 22, 2021, at 8:50 AM, 'Jon SCHEWE' via bareos-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > In my experience the drives go into the library and the library has a SAS > interface on it. > > Jon Schewe > Research Scientist > > C: +1 612.263.2718 > O: +1 952.545.5720 > [email protected] > > Raytheon Technologies > Raytheon Intelligence & Space > 5775 Wayzata Blvd. Suite 630 > St. Louis Park, MN 55416 > > RTX.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf > of Dominic Schwarz <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 23:58 > To: bareos-users <[email protected]> > Subject: [External] Re: [bareos-users] Tape Library Support > > Okay, I was a confused because the library itself has no SAS interface but > only these ethernet ports. > If I understand you correctly the library / autoloader and all installed > drives will be available through the SAS Interface of any of the installed > tape drives? > So, I assume that the drives have also an internal connector to the library > on their front panel? > Thanks for clarification. > > > [email protected] schrieb am Donnerstag, 21. Januar 2021 um 22:11:48 > UTC+1: > Ditto, I have a tandberg loader, ethernet is just for library management > (total loads, cleaning monitoring etc) > > Otherwise it’s one sas connection and my computer sees 2 devices, one for the > loader and one for the drive. > > Our big TS4500 (1700 slots) at work is the same way, the clients are just > connected to the drives and one drive presents and extra device and can even > move between drives on a failure. So this really is common on most libraries. > > > Brock Palen > [email protected] > www.mlds-networks.com > Websites, Linux, Hosting, Joomla, Consulting > > > > > On Jan 21, 2021, at 8:51 AM, 'Jon SCHEWE' via bareos-users > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The tape drives would go into the library and there should be a SAS cable > > from the library to the computer. This will show up as multiple SCSI > > devices, one for each drive and one for the controller. It seems that most > > mainstream libraries work with mtx as the SCSI commands are standard across > > the industry. The ethernet port is only used for manual configuration > > outside of bareos. I have a Dell PowerVault library and I use the network > > port to check on some maintenance status from time to time, but otherwise > > it's unused. > > > > Jon Schewe > > Research Scientist > > > > C: +1 612.263.2718 > > O: +1 952.545.5720 > > [email protected] > > > > Raytheon Technologies > > Raytheon Intelligence & Space > > 5775 Wayzata Blvd. Suite 630 > > St. Louis Park, MN 55416 > > > > RTX.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram > > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of > > Dominic Schwarz <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 07:45 > > To: bareos-users <[email protected]> > > Subject: [External] [bareos-users] Tape Library Support > > > > Hi all, > > I search currently for a solution to replace a single standalone tape drive > > in a debian server with a tape library with 30+ slots. > > Is there a list or experience reports of recommend libraries? I searched > > already a little bit and found the HPE MSL3040 which would match my > > requirements. > > As far as I understood I have to connect the tape drives built into to > > library directly to the SAS controller of the server? 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