Make sure you set things up so that whatever is writing to the drive(s) can keep then streaming and they don't shoe-shine. Constant shoe-shining will drastically shorten the lifespan of ANY linear scan drive (LTO, SDLT, etc) from ANY manufacturer.
- Tony Rudié -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott R Ehrlich Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 12:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BBLISA] Tape drives? I'm pricing tape drives for high reliability. What vendor and what type do more people trust - Quantum or Dell, or someone else? Also, SDLT or LTO? Price is not so much an issue as is reliability. I aim for rack mount, but that isn't so important if a suitable tape drive comes along that simply hangs off the server. Also, what brand/manufacturer tapes have people found most reliable? This will be for 4 dual-boot (XP and CentOS 5) systems connecting to a PowerEdge server. I'm awaiting details on exactly how much storage we are actually going to be dealing with, and if the data will be static or dynamic. Thanks. Scott _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
