Re: Backup strategy for your SAN ?

all interesting questions. I wish more knowlegeable people on this list would give their input, besides me, who knows very little about this.

Quantum handed off the entire LTO4A division to Cache-A, so how much longer Quantum products will be supported is yet to be seen. There are great threads on RedUser.Net on people using the Quantum LTO4. The SAS "package" comes with the LSI Logic SAS/SATA host controller card, and gets recognized by the MAC operating system - there are no drivers. You "see" the LTO4 in Retrospect or BRU. BRU (which I never heard of until I read the RED forum) apparantly has been around the Unix/Linux world for a LONG TIME - but since I am not in that world, I was only aware of Retrospect. BRU is apparantly teriffic, but Retrospect is popular (and at 80 bucks, certainly cheap enough). I understand that if you dont' get the kit, you are better off with the HP LTO4 and an ATTO R380 SAS/SATA host adaptor (althought ATTO told me that Quantum released new firmware to support the ATTO R380 card) - but I have not confirmed any of this, and with all the confusion about CacheA being the only company left really doing this - I dont' know what to say about the Quantum LTO line.

Where is Jordan Woods when you need him (or Mark Raudonis).

Bob Zelin