[Info-vax] Replacement of SCSI tape drives and loaders

[Syltrem]

"FrankS" <sapienza at noesys.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 
366bcb02-7fba-4daf-858b-e48cc73939e2 at a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 28, 3:21 pm, "Syltrem" <syltremz... at videotron.ca> wrote:
> HP doesn't have small autoloaders that connect to the SAN.
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> On the contrary.  They can all be connected to the SAN.
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> You need to look at either a Modular Data Router (MDR) or a Network
> Storage Router (NSR).  These are both devices that allow (just about)
> any SCSI device to attach to a SAN.  Both are fully supported in
> OpenVMS.  The MDR has interfaces available for both HVD and LVD SCSI
> buses.  The NSR has LVD interfaces (I don't remember if it supports an
> HVD bus, even though I have one sitting in the other room).
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> Both are available on the used market (eBay, Island, PSDS, and
> others).  I believe the NSR is still available new from HP.
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> I have one client using an MDR to connect both a TZ877 DLT loader and
> an HP LTO 1 Autoloader to their SAN.  Another clients uses an MDR to
> connect a TL891 and IBM LTO drive to their SAN.  Works like a charm.
> Fully supported in a cluster too.  If you have multiple, non-clustered
> systems attached to the same SAN then you would have to manually
> prevent simultaneous access to the drives from multiple systems.  Just
> like any other non-clustered systems.

But the transfer rate will be that of a SCSI device, not that of a fibre 
connected device, right ?
That's what I was told, and it does make sense as the unit is really a SCSI 
device.

In order to get the speed, you have to get a device that really supports 
fiber, not through an adapter.

Syltrem