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How to connect an Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U Tape Autoloader
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Jun 21, 2006 11:39 AM
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Is anyone familiar with these tape drives and what interface card is needed to be installed in the G5 server?
I also see that this drive comes in a firewire model. Is that a better/easier way to go?
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Re: How to connect an Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U Tape Autoloader
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Jun 21, 2006 1:23 PM
in response to: Repent34
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Firewire is easier to connect than SCSI, yes.
Quad-Core PMG5, 4 GB RAM, 7800 GT, 1 TB disk.
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Re: How to connect an Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U Tape Autoloader
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Jun 21, 2006 1:28 PM
in response to: Repent34
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Repent34-
Firewire is easier. I do not know if it is faster than SCSI though. Of course FW800 should be faster than the FW400 flavour in that format.
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Re: How to connect an Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U Tape Autoloader
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Jun 22, 2006 9:08 PM
in response to: Repent34
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One downside to the FireWire model is that the VXA3 drive upgrade won't be available for about another year (whereas it's already available for the SCSI model). The upgrade is under $1000, easy to install, uses the same media, and doubles your capacity (serious no-brainer). But, you need the SCSI card on your Xserve to use it.
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Re: How to connect an Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U Tape Autoloader
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Jul 11, 2006 2:14 PM
in response to: Repent34
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Hi
For the past two years now we have used the Exabyte 1U-10 slot VX Packetloader (Firewire) version with our XServe installations and have been very pleased with it's performance. I would highly recommend this drive and you should be able to buy it with Retrospect bundled. It is a solid backup solution. The price has also dropped substantially (at least here in the UK, it has) which has made it more affordable for Xserve users looking for an automatic backup solution.
Paul
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Re: How to connect an Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U Tape Autoloader
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Jul 17, 2006 12:51 PM
in response to: Repent34
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I have been using the Exabyte VXA-2 for about 2 years as well and have had it hooked up to both my xServes(one is a G4 and the other G5) via firewire. I have been really happy with it as a back up solution. I have backed up directly to tape with it and was happy with the speed and I am not staging everyone to an xServe RAID and then backing that up to tape and the speed has been just as good.
Dan
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Re: How to connect an Exabyte VXA-2 PacketLoader 1x10 1U Tape Autoloader
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Feb 15, 2007 12:21 PM
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