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тАО02-22-2010 10:31 AM - last edited on тАО01-12-2015 07:22 PM by Maiko-I
тАО02-22-2010 10:31 AM - last edited on тАО01-12-2015 07:22 PM by Maiko-I
We currently have and old A500 as our test system hooked up to a C4317A which has a DVD and DDS3 drives in it. The problem is that we have about 164Gb which we would like to backup on a single tape, but obviously not possible with DDS3.
What other device can go into that tape array which can backup that amount of data? LTO?
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тАО02-22-2010 10:50 AM
тАО02-22-2010 10:50 AM
SolutionThis server can attach to a scsi attached HP i/o array(C4317A>). These commonly include a pair of DVD's and a pair of DDS3 tape drives.
The A500 can accommodate a scsi card that supports an LTO or Ultrium drive.
http://partsufer.hp.com to find add in cards for this server.
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тАО02-22-2010 11:15 AM
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Re: What devices can go into a C4317A
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тАО02-22-2010 11:42 AM
тАО02-22-2010 11:42 AM
Re: What devices can go into a C4317A
The drives that will backup 160 GB would be the Ultrium 215 or 230 which are LTO1 technology. But you mentioned the 'old' A500. LTO drives will push your system to the limit. They need between 15 and 30 Mbytes/sec of data throughout the backup period, something that your internal drives may not reach. When the tape drive is starved for data, it must stop, backup, and start, a process that takes a lot of time. Here is a review of the drives and throughput.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00028345
But with this older system, you may be much better off by getting a DDS autochanger that holds one DDS3 drive and 6 tapes. The C6367A is a Smart Enclosure case that should fit your needs.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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тАО02-22-2010 12:38 PM
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Re: What devices can go into a C4317A
If you put a 1Gb/s NIC in that A500, you could also possibly stream directly to a remote LTO drive using rmt.
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тАО02-22-2010 12:43 PM
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Re: What devices can go into a C4317A
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тАО02-22-2010 01:23 PM
тАО02-22-2010 01:23 PM
Re: What devices can go into a C4317A
I am leaning towards an Ultrium drive since that is what we have for our other servers (Ultrium 460) so that way they would all use the same tape.
If I understand it correctly, there are no Ultrium drive that would fit in the C4317A (I suspected that since all our Ultrium drives are full hieght).
We have a C7508, that is used by another server which has a full-height slot available and I was wondering if it would be possible to get another Ultrium 460 drive and install it in the C7508 and connect it to the A500 (i.e. have the C7508 shared by two servers, each connecting to their own drive)... I imagine that it would.
I think the throughput will be fairly good since most of the data would be comming from the RAID array which is an SC10 with and FC60, albeit the drives are only 10K, so I am not sure. Would anyone know?
I was thinking of doing remote backups, but I think that is is the last resort as I don't want to flood the network doing this and potentially affect the production servers.
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тАО02-22-2010 02:43 PM
тАО02-22-2010 02:43 PM
Re: What devices can go into a C4317A
But if you want, you can put any other DDS drive in your existing DDS drive chassis and insert it into this enclosure.
Hope this helps!
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тАО02-22-2010 02:54 PM
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Re: What devices can go into a C4317A
I am trying to find the most economical solution since we don't want to spend big bucks for a test server... this is why I am asking what will fit (since it only has a half-height bay) in the existing C4317A, and obviously what will work with the A500 and FC60/SC10.
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тАО02-22-2010 04:07 PM
тАО02-22-2010 04:07 PM
Re: What devices can go into a C4317A
Now since you have less than 100 GB to backup, the extra wear and lowered performance may tolerable but I don't believe you'll find the 460 in a compatible form. Network backup is a possibility using fbackup or Data Protector. The impact on your network depends on where the destination is located. For a path that stays on the switch, there should be no impact. If the destination is on another subnet, then the router will quite busy.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin