Hey,
Anyone know if Linux (specifically RHEL 5.x) supports multi-pathing to
tapes? Is it worth setting up a media server with a 10 GigE interface and
two (or more) FC connections on the other?
AFAICT, the device-mapper-multipath only support MPIO for block devices.
Is this assessment correct?
] multipathing with tapes on Linux?
Hey,
Anyone know if Linux (specifically RHEL 5.x) supports multi-pathing to tapes?
Is it worth setting up a media server with a 10 GigE interface and two (or
more) FC connections on the other?
AFAICT, the device-mapper-multipath only support MPIO for block
On Wed, July 27, 2011 17:03, Len Boyle wrote:
David,
I think the answer depends on what you mean by multi-pathing, and the
maker of the tape drive.
The new IBM tape drives include two ports. But I think that it is only for
failover. And I suspect that the support would only be in the IBM
Thanks. I'll guess we'll look at other options.
On Jul 27, 2011, at 17:49, Alexander Leikin wrote:
Hi David,
There is no multi-pathing for Tape Drives,
Regards,
Alex
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On Jul 27, 2011, at 17:36, Stier, Matthew wrote:
Creating zones or vlans is easily done on any modern managed switch (FC
or Ethernet).
A concern I have, is the IO bus of the system you are using. Even the
PCI-e bus has bandwidth limits, and depending how the system is
designed, even a
