On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Scott wrote: > Hi all, > I have one problem, and one question. > > The problem first: > We have just purchased a Dell PowerEdge Rack mounted machine for a > customer, and forgot to mention to dell that they already had a DDS3 > tape drive. I gave them a ring today to see if they had any casing for > it, but they don't, the only option is to buy a DDS4 for over $2000. > This customer won't be too happy If I tell them to fork out $2000 for > the drive + media. > Is there anyway other way around it? I have thought of putting the tape > drive into the gateway machine, mounting the server via NFS and backing > up this way. Would this be a viable option, can anyone see any pitfalls, > or think of a better idea?
If a DDS4 drive can fit so can a DDS3. They are essentially the same size. Just coz Dell don't have a DDS3 drive kit doesn't mean you couldn't install it provided you have a scsi chain you can attach to. -=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Graeme Robinson - Graenet consulting www.graenet.com - internet solutions -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==---=-=--=-=-= -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
