Hi, 10.09.2007 00:40,, Ivan Adzhubey wrote:: > Hi, > > Since the amount of data on our servers increased lately, I am thinking about > upgrading our hardware. We currently run Qualstar RLS-4445 autochanger with a > single Sony SDX-700C (AIT-3) drive installed. Autochanger has 4 vacant drive > slots and according to manufacturer supports AIT-3, AIT-4 and AIT-5 drives. I > am thinking about AIT-5 as a second drive and would appreciate any comments > on this model. Looks like both AIT-4 and AIT-5 tapes are about the same price > and with the latter having twice the capacity it makes sense to go for AIT-5 > unless there are some reliability issues of which I am not aware. How good is > the current bacula version with multiple drives? I read that multiple drive > handling was mostly broken before 2.x.x,
Broken... no. Imperfect - yes :-) Actually, as of 1.38, multiple autochangers *mostly* worked correctly. Since 2.2, most problems that can happen should be fixed. > is it up to production level now? I think so. But note that having different drive types in one autochanger can limit you a bit. Bacula has no simple way to ensure that - in your case - AIT-3 drives are not used for AIT-5 tapes. This can be achieved by setting different Media Types, obviously, but I don't think the multiple-drive support is tested with such a setup yet. As I haven't access to such a system, I never tried what happened, but I'm more or less sure you will encounter some problems. As far as I can tell, it would be best to ensure that your pools only contain media of one type. Apart from that, I don't see any reasons why I, personally, wouldn't give it a try. Even if at first things don't work perfectly, I'd expect them to work smooth enough, and I'm sure Kern will try to work on any remaining issues as such a setup fits well to his ideas of "going enterprise" :-) Arno > Thanks, > Ivan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Arno Lehmann IT-Service Lehmann www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
