https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape-upgrade/m-p/2555773#M28720 Hi,<BR /><BR />Since you are already running DLT7000's, I would bypass the DLT8000's and go to Ultrium.<BR />You will see about a 5x or so performance increase (if you can feed it data at that rate)<BR />per drive. I would say something like a 10/180 library would be your next logical step.<BR /><BR />As for software, OmniBack or Veritas would be my choices and it is probably time to look at a SAN environment. I assume that you are already using TimeFinder, split mirrors, and/or VxFS snapshots to effectively increase your backup window so that speed is no so important. <BR /><BR />I can say, that St. Bernard Software Open File Manager is a great solution for NT backups when used in conjunction with OmniBack.<BR /><BR />Regards, Clay Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:57:19 GMT A. Clay Stephenson 2001-07-23T14:57:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape-upgrade/m-p/2555772#M28719 We are looking to upgrade from our present omniback II, 4/48 7000 dlt tape system, that backs up our EMC &amp; NT disks. Any suggestion of products, hardware and software that will improve performance and back up times, will be appreciated. Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:39:55 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape-upgrade/m-p/2555772#M28719 Jarvis Tinch 2001-07-23T14:39:55Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape-upgrade/m-p/2555773#M28720 Hi,<BR /><BR />Since you are already running DLT7000's, I would bypass the DLT8000's and go to Ultrium.<BR />You will see about a 5x or so performance increase (if you can feed it data at that rate)<BR />per drive. I would say something like a 10/180 library would be your next logical step.<BR /><BR />As for software, OmniBack or Veritas would be my choices and it is probably time to look at a SAN environment. I assume that you are already using TimeFinder, split mirrors, and/or VxFS snapshots to effectively increase your backup window so that speed is no so important. <BR /><BR />I can say, that St. Bernard Software Open File Manager is a great solution for NT backups when used in conjunction with OmniBack.<BR /><BR />Regards, Clay Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:57:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/tape-upgrade/m-p/2555773#M28720 A. Clay Stephenson 2001-07-23T14:57:19Z