Re: [Bacula-users] Fujitsu storage unit compatibility

[Arno L. <al...@it...>]

Hi,

07.03.2008 06:29, Darrell Burkey wrote:
> Has any here had any experience with a Fujitsu 1/9 storage device
> (rebadged HP)? The model number is C7149-89095.

I don't know that specific device, but the risk of it *not* working 
with mtx is very very small.

> I work with a non-profit org that has been using bacula very successfully
> for some time using a single Dell LTO 1 drive. I've run in to an offer for
> a 9 tape Fujitsu unit that includes a LTO 1 drive but it's not in the
> bacula or mtx hardware compatibility list.
> 
> It would be fantastic to add this functionality to our backups but I'd
> feel better making the purchase if I knew it was compatible with bacula.

Even if it doesn't work with mtx - and thus an unmodified mtx-changer 
script - as long as there is a vendor-supplied program to handle the 
autochanger from the shell it's possible to use that device. Its only 
a question of using a replacement for mtx then.

The tape drive itself should work without problems - I don't know any 
LTO drives not usable by a common unix or linux system.

Arno

> Thanks heaps.
> 

-- 
Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
www.its-lehmann.de