[PLUG] LTO6 tape and Linux/BSD?

Chris Schafer xophere at gmail.com
Thu Apr 17 04:36:33 UTC 2014


I am confused why you would use tape at these sizes.  With the price for
3TB drives what it is why don't you just back up to disk?


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Apr 2014, Michael Dexter wrote:
>
>  On 4/15/14 8:27 AM, Atom Powers wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, at $job -1; FreeBSD and Bacula.
>>> It really isn't the generation of LTO that matters, it is the tape drive
>>> hardware. Does your OS support that drive manufacturer and model?
>>>
>>
>> FreeBSD!
>>
>> Any hardware suggestions? Big/fast always a plus.
>>
>
> What sort of budget do you have? Do you need a library for hotswapping
> tapes? Do you need multiple drives in said library?
>
> I've had really good experience with the Dell PowerVault series (first a
> 122T, now a 124T) -- but they cost ca. $3700 with an LTO-6 drive. The can
> hold 8 or 16 tapes, which makes mixing daily, weekly, and monthly tapes a
> breeze.
>
> Both our PowerVaults have had IBM Ultrium drives, so I'd definitely
> recommend that product line. It appears that HP sells a single-unit Ultrium
> LTO-6; prices vary by retailer, so do some shopping.
>
>
> --
> Paul Heinlein
> heinlein at madboa.com
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