Topic: Tape Drives

[ztasevski]

Hi,

Does anyone know where I can get a complete list of compatible tape drives for SME 6.

Zoran

[ztasevski]

Can anyone recommend/tested any 35GB + IDE/SCSI tape drives for an SME6 server ?

I have been trying to source SDX-? series of Sony tape drives with no luck as they have been discountinued ?

Thanks in advance !

[Boris]

VXA-1 or VXA-2 work well.

[Kelvin]

I've been using Sony's AIT-1 (IDE and SCSI versions) drives without hassles.

And they still exist in Australia for sure.

Kelvin

[ztasevski]

thanks for your reply boris

VXA-1 or VXA-2 work well.

i presume you are referring to the exabyte vxa drives ?

any particular models that you have installed ?

[ztasevski]

thanks for your reply kelvin

I've been using Sony's AIT-1 (IDE and SCSI versions) drives without hassles.

And they still exist in Australia for sure.

Kelvin

which models of the sony ait-1 tape drives have you successfully installed ?

have you installed:

SDX-400b - http://www.sony.com.au/support/product/product.jsp?selectedProd=SDX400B&categoryId=21635

or

AITI90A - http://www.sony.com.au/support/product/product.jsp?selectedProd=AITI90A&categoryId=21635

i have been on redhat's HCL for redhat 7.3 and they only have the SDX-400c listed as compatible but after checking with my h/w vendor i found out that they got replaced by the

[Boris]

thanks for your reply boris

i presume you are referring to the exabyte vxa drives ?

any particular models that you have installed ?

Now exabyte, originaly they were "ecrix". I have a dozen or so different models in use. SCSI VXA-1 and VXA-2 and IDE VXA-1.
Use dedicated SCSI adapter from well known and supported brands. (Think Adaptec )

[ztasevski]

hi boris !

any particular Adaptec models you can recommend ?

[Boris]

Any PCI controller for VXA-1 and LVD capable PCI controller for VXA-2. 160 or 320 Mbs models work great.

[Anonymous]

i'll give them a shot

thankx again  

[Anonymous]

I'm using a SUN DLT4000 with Arkia and it works really well ... love it.

[ztasevski]

how about raid 1 & raid 5 controllers ?

Does adaptec slide into the "SME Friendly" vendor ?

Can anyone recommend some that work well ?

[Boris]

I have many DELL servers with PERC (3 and 4) SCSI RAID controllers. They work fine. IDE RAID subsystems accusys 7500 and 7630 work well too. For cheaper servers builtin software RAID1 (Mirror) fast and stable enough.