using a DDS-4 Autoloader under linux

2001-03-08 Thread Werner Behnke
Hi, we would like to buy a DDS-4 Autoloader (HP T5717A 40x6 or Seagate DAT 240 or Sony TSL-S11000). Before we will buy we would like to know wether the device will be usable with the linux standard software for backup and media changer control (tar, dump, dd, mt, amanda, mtx, Autoloader

Re: using a DDS-4 Autoloader under linux

2001-03-08 Thread Martin Apel
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Werner Behnke wrote: Hi, we would like to buy a DDS-4 Autoloader (HP T5717A 40x6 or Seagate DAT 240 or Sony TSL-S11000). We are using a Seagate Scorpion DDS-4 Autoloader without problems. The only issue was, that for an unknown reason it doesn't like to be connected

Re: using a DDS-4 Autoloader under linux

2001-03-08 Thread Werner Behnke
we would like to buy a DDS-4 Autoloader (HP T5717A 40x6 or Seagate DAT 240 or Sony TSL-S11000). We are using a Seagate Scorpion DDS-4 Autoloader without problems. The only issue was, that for an unknown reason it doesn't like to be connected to the SCSI controller as a 'wide' device.

Re: using a DDS-4 Autoloader under linux

2001-03-08 Thread Jonathan Dill
I'm using a Sony TSL-11000 DDS4 autoloader under Linux without problems. It works as an Ultra2 LVD device without problems. I think I'm getting better throughput than 2.8 MB/s, but it's still well under Fast/Narrow bandwidth due to the limitations of the drive. I use mtx and random access