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May 3rd, 2006 18:00

ML6000 series issues?

I am looking to replace 3 - 132T's with 1 - ML6000 series library in a fiber channel SAN.  Does anyone have any advice or experience setting this up and working with it?
 
Thanks.

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May 3rd, 2006 20:00

I haven't had direct dealings yet, i'm installing one tomorrow. But as a break/fix guy for Dell this library looks good. Has advanced firmware with self diagnosing propertities and can email when a fault is detected. The picker assembly has been updated and is more resilient than the 136T. It is expandable so can hold loads of tapes and drive. Native fibre to the drives is really easy to set up and takes minutes, no mucking about with the SNC/bridge. The best bit for me, all the assemblies are fast fit, so i don't need to carry and vast array of tools.

Adic say they've sold 2000 of these in the first 5 months:http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72269&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=845615&highlight=

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May 4th, 2006 14:00

As a person who has tested and extensively worked with the PowerVault product line 
I highly recommend this library....  hands down one of the nicest products we have offered in years. Easy to deploy and manage.
 
Check out the product manual/specs and post any specific questions you may have...I will be happy to help you out.
 
 
 
Bob

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July 17th, 2006 19:00

If the 132t's are in the same location then you ccould probably work with one control module with 2x lto native fibre and one expansion module with 1x lto native fibre. Plus 3x sc to lc fibre cables. That would give you a max of 128 slots to play with.

You have a 1gb SAN and the lto drives can be set to auto, 1 or 2gb. So there is no reason why you couldn't use your existing equipment.

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July 17th, 2006 19:00

Sorry for the delay in responding, very busy here.

Thanks for the link.  I set up my current system that includes a couple PV51F's and one PV 56F connected via fiber channel to 3 offsite PV 132T's.  The servers connect to the switches via ql2200 hba's. 

I would like to replace that setup with a fully loaded ML6020, keeping everything as simple as possible. What equipment (switches, different hba's for each server, etc) would I need to accomplish that?  I am just looking for an overview.

Thanks!

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November 13th, 2006 11:00

Hi,
 
We bought a new ML6000 with 5 FC Tape drive, I connect it to my McData Spheron 4700 together with my media server with qlogic HBA. My media server is Veritas Netbackup 6.0 in Redhat linux advance server 3.0. My media server can see all the 5 FC drives but the library or the robot itself cannot be seen. I dont know y..
 
 
Please advice.
 
Thanks and Best Regards,
 
t0ns0fL0ve

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