mbl900@anusf.anu.edu.au (Mathew BM LIM) (06/05/91)
Hi, We are thinking of getting an exabyte stacker for a Sun 4/330 to act as a backup server. - Has anyone had any experience with using a stacker? - In general, is software to change tapes, etc. bundled with the stacker? - How reliable are they? - What is their transfer rate (eg how long would it take to back up a 1GByte filesystem)? - Any experience with the newer 5GByte exabytes as opposed to the 2GByte systems? Second question, does the SysVR4 "backup" system allow backing up onto remote devices (eg : an Exabyte stacker on a Sun4/330) and if so what is the mechanish, via RFS mounting the remote device or by some other mechanism? Thanks in advance. -- Mathew Lim, Unix Systems Programmer, ANU Supercomputer Facility, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra City, ACT, Australia 2601. Telephone : +61 6 249 2750 | ACSnet : Mathew.BM.Lim@anu.oz Fax : +61 6 247 3425 | Internet : Mathew.BM.Lim@anu.edu.au