A tape drive is a device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape, often for archival or backup purposes.
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Tape restore giving error incorrect block size - Win2k8
I'm trying to restore from tape and I am getting an error of incorrect block size. The software I used to backup is called BackupAssist and their support hasnt been the greatest. One weird thing I noticed, after updating the tape drive drivers the…
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Backup alternative to tape - inexpensive SAN?
I'm pricing SANs and the cheapest I can find are 36k; we're limited in our department to 25k in purchases before they go for approval. I'd love to get rid of tape backup, as they are cumbersome and unreliable.
Can a SAN be had in the 20k range?
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Dell PVT-132T Tape Drive Install Assistance
OS: Windows 2012 R2 all current updates are installed.
Server: Dell R710
I have an ancient Dell PVT-132T Tape Library. In the Device Manager I see the Medium Changer Device but missing the Tape Drive Device (should be a IBM ULTRIUM-TD3 SCSI…
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Making SCSI tape drive controller accessible to VM OS using virt-manager
I'm trying to make a SCSI tape drive drive controller card (or strictly, the tape drives and robotic tape library hanging off it) visible to the OS running on the VM.
I'm running RHEL 7.9 on both the hypervisor and VM guest.
On the hypervisor, a…
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What are the IOPS and physical block size for modern magnetic tapes?
It's obvious that magnetic tape media performs IO operations as well as HDDs and SSDs, although this storage device is not designed for a random access pattern.
LTO standards define maximal data transfer rate (also known as throughput) measured in…
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Magnetic tape alternative
I have recently been assigned as a systems administrator to look after a streaming service and its related server architecture.
Once a week i travel 3hours to turn around a magnetic tape library which holds server files.
To save on driving, I want…
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Compatibility of ESX 4 and LTO 3 with LSI2032 Dell Power Edge
does anybody know something about the compatibility of an LTO 3 Tapedrive (PV HH LTO 3 400GB) attached to an LSI2032 SCSI-Controller? These devices are added to an Dell PowerEdge T610 Server which is listed in the certified Compatibility Guide.
I…
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Maximum write speed of HP Ultrium 1760 drive
The write speed of the HP Ultrium 1760 drive is specified as 120MB/s with LTO-4 media and 80MB/s with LTO-3 media. However I get half of that - 80/40 MB/s respectively. The connector is SFF-8482 at the drive and SATA at the controller. The SFF-8482…
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Fibre Channel Ports and Tape Library
I am looking for advice rather then fix my issue.
What should fibre channel port settings be? Currently F_ports,
I have a qlogic 5800 sanbox switch connected to quantum scalar i40 lto7 library over fibre channel.
My backup product P5, speeds…
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What fiber PCI-E card to buy? HP BL532A MSL4048 1 LTO-5 ULTRIUM 3280 FC 48-SLOT TAPE LIBRARY
I bought a HP BL532A MSL4048 1 LTO-5 ULTRIUM 3280 FC 48-SLOT TAPE LIBRARY
I have a few quick questions:
What is the best fiber card to buy for this unit?
Can I buy a quad port fiber card and use 1 of the ports for fast ethernet & the 2 other ports…
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