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BackupEDGE 01.01.08 - Device Compatibility |
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BackupEDGE
does far more than just read from and write to a tape drive. It can detect and use the advanced capabilities of all SCSI devices, plus IDE/ATAPI devices under Linux and OpenServer. Our clients have used BackupEDGE
with devices of all types, including those with QIC, DDS, AIT, DLT, LTO, 8mm and Travan formats. Here are some of the
tape drives and autochangers we've tested in our compatibility lab, along with any qualification notes. NOTE: Many of the tape drive listed
below are also sold by other vendors under different names. |
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Manufacturer |
Tape Drives |
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Exabyte |
EXB-8700 |
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Ecrix Corporation |
VXA-1 SCSI |
VXA-1 ATAPI has not been tested. |
Hewlett-Packard |
SureStore Ultrium 215
SureStore Ultrium 230
SureStore 6000
DAT24e
DAT40e
SureStore T20 |
All HP OBDR Compliant DDS and Ultrium devices are compatible with the OBDR capabilities of RecoverEDGE for UnixWare and Linux.
See SCSI3 note 1 below.
See
ATAPI note below. |
OnStream |
Echo DI30 (Linux-IDE)
ADR-50 (SCSI) |
The DI30 is fully supported under Linux, including Fast File Restore, using the drivers provided on the OnStream Web Site.
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Seagate |
TapeStor DAT 40
Scorpion 40
Travan NS8
Travan NS20
TapeStor/Hornet 20 ATAPI (Linux, Openserver) |
See SCSI3 note 2 below.
See ATAPI note
below. |
Sony |
SDX-500C AIT-2
SDX-300C AIT-1
SDT-11000 DDS4
SDT-9000 DDS3
SDT-7000 DDS2 |
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Tandberg Data |
TDC3820
TDC4200
TDC4220
SLR5
SLR7
SLR100 |
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Tecmar |
Travan NS8
Travan NS20
WangDAT DDS, including TS9000 Series
WangTek QIC |
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SCSI3 Note 1 |
The Hewlett-Packard SureStore Ultrium 215 and Ultrium 230 are SCSI3 compliant devices. SCO/Caldera OpenServer versions prior to 5.0.6
with the RS506a supplements do not handle some features of the Ultrium drives, including Fast File Restore. |
SCSI3 Note 2 |
The Seagate TapeStor DAT 40 (also known as the Scorpion 40) is a SCSI 3 compliant device by default. This drive is also marketed by
Dell, IBM, and others. SCO/Caldera OpenServer versions prior to 5.0.6 with the RS506a supplements do not handle some features of this device, including Fast File Restore. There are switches on
the drive that should be set for SCSI2 compliance mode when this device is used on older OpenServer 5 operating system releases. |
ATAPI Note |
The native ATAPI drivers in Linux work quite well with BackupEDGE
, incluing Fast File Restore on compatible devices. Under OpenServer versions 5.0.4 and earlier, we do not recommend the use of ATAPI
tape drives. Under 5.0.5, we recomment their use only if the "wd" driver update from the SCO ftp site is applied. |
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Last Modified Friday, August 17, 2001
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