Tape changer hardware recommendation

Paul Boehmer paul at pboehmer.com
Mon Mar 29 06:48:28 PST 2004


>Hello!
>
>I'm looking for remote-controlled tape changer, of course, SCSI; size
>about 20-40 Gbs.
>
>It should work fine with FreeBSD, the box will be on colocation, so
>programm-controlled tape changing should also work fine.
>
>Any suggestions?


My place of employment is currently using an Overland Data DLT
LibraryXpressLXB system.  We use a simple shell script called by crontab
to rotate nightly backups by calling the 'chio' command.  Unit has a 10
tape magazine, can have up to two DLT drives installed, and also has a
serial control port.  You also have the option to program in a dedicated
cleaning slot and automate the head cleaning sessions.

A quick google turned up this link with a little more information (not
affiliated with company listed below):

http://www.dltlibraries.com/dlt_libraryxpress_lxb.html



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Paul Boehmer
paul at pboehmer.com


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