Please could you tell me what DLT/SDLT/Ultrium series drive works with Sun Fire V880 with SCSI Sun X6540A?
The question is URGENT because we need to do backup/restore of our Databases but we have not backup device...
We want to buy it but we don't know what exactly drives we can choose for our Sun with X6540A SCSI card.
Hello,
the X6540A is a Dual Single-Ended Ultra/Wide SCSI (PCI) controller. The controller is only upto 40MB/sec, which might be suficient for a SDLT600 or LTO-2.
Every Single-Ended SCSI device works with this card, <b>but</b> performance would be low when using LVD/SE devices (some LVD devices can't operate in SE mode!)
I would suggest that you call Sun Sales.
I guess that the <b>PCI/PCI-X Dual Ultra320 SCSI Adapter</b> (SG-XPCI2SCSI-LM320) or <b>PCI Dual Ultra3 SCSI Host Adapter (LVD)</b> (X6758A) are a better choice if attaching more recent drives.
This is the <a href="http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunF ire880/components.html" target="_blank"><b> Sun Fire V880 - Full Components List</b></a>.
Michael
Hello,
these forums are only user-to-user.
I don't think it's good idea to rely on an anonymous recommendation. These drives start at a few thousand US Dollars.
Ask your dealer for a drive, auto-loader or library with the required capacity and speed. The controller costs only a fraction of the price of a drive.
Michael
To post the obvious solution, do you have any free PCI slots?
If so, you'd be best off purchasing a new HBA as well as a tape drive. The HBA is going to cost peanuts in comparison to buying a new tape drive.
You say you want _more_ than 100gb per tape, but how much do you want, and what sort of performance do you need?
