hardware_results
Tried a piece of hardware not listed on the official supported hardware list at http://bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Supported_Tape_Drives.html ? Throw in a comment here, whether it's good, bad, indifferent, or requires a workaround or two.
| Manufacturer | Model | Description | Media | Capacity | Autochanger | OS | Bacula | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell (Quantum i500) | ML6000 | Tape library with optional expansion modules | LTO3 | 400 / 800 GB | 36 Slots (expandable in 42-slot increments) | Scientific Linux 4.5 | v2.2.8 | import/export slots can't be seen from bconsole unless you modify mtx-changer script, but you need to run mtx directly to transfer tapes between I/E and regular slots anyway |
| Dell | PV 110T | External LTO3 drive | LTO3 | 400 / 800 GB | none | Debian Etch 2.6.18-4-amd64 | Everything works out of the box, no problems | |
| Dell | PV 124T | One LTO2 drive, left magazine with 8 slots, no right magazine | LTO2 | 200 / 400 Gb | 8 slots | RHEL5 | Everything works out of the box, no problems | |
| Dell | PV 124T | One LTO3 drives plus 16 slot autochanger | LTO3 | 400 / 800 GB | 16 slot | CentOS5 on VMWare Windows Host | VMWare does not currently support letting VMs access multiple devices with the same SCSI ID and a different LUN so only the tape drive or the autochanger could be detected, but not both. Switching to a dedicated physical machine worked no problems. | |
| Dell | PV 124T | One LTO3 drives plus 16 slot autochanger | LTO3 | 400 / 800 GB | 16 slot | SuSE SLES9 SP3 / Ubuntu | Everything works out of the box, no problems | |
| Dell | PV 124T | One LTO5 drive plus 16 slot autochanger | LTO5 | 1.5 TB / 3 TB (compressed) | 16 slot | SuSE SLES11 SP1 | 7.0.5 | Everything works out of the box, no problems |
| Dell | PV 132T | Two LTO3 drives plus 23 slot autochanger | LTO3 | 400 / 800 GB | 23 slot | Fedora Core | Everything works out of the box, no problems | |
| Dell | PV TL4000 | 2 LTO4 drives, 4 magazines with 12 slots, 1 slot for CleanCartrige | LTO4 | 800 / 1600 Gb | 47 (+1) slots | RHEL5 | Everything works out of the box, no problems | |
| Dell | PV 124T | LTO5 drive plus 16 slot autochanger | LTO5 | 1500GB / 3000 GB (Compressed) | 16 slot | Debian 5.0.7 | 5.0.3 | Provided you upgrade your kernel to 2.6.32+, everything works out of the box, no problems. The external SAS makes the drive much faster than traditional SCSI @ 6GB/s and requires new kernel support |
| Dell | PV TL4000 | 2xLTO5 drive plus 48 slot autochanger | LTO5 | 1500GB / 3000 GB (Compressed) | 48 slot | Scientific Linux 6.2 | 5.2.10 | Everything works out of the box, no problems |
| Dell | PV TL2000 | Tape library with 2xLTO6 SAS drive and 2×12 slot magazine | LTO6 | 2.5TB native | 24 slots | RHEL 6.5 | 5.0.3 | Works out of box, make sure package mt-st and mtx are installed via yum |
| Exabyte | Magnum 224 | Two LTO2 drives | LTO2 | 200 / 400 GB | 24 slots | x86_64 Gentoo 2007.0 | The default mtx_changer script does not see the INPORT/EXPORT slot and enabling it causes problems. Other than that the changer works very well. | |
| Freecom | TapeWare USB DAT-72e | External USB-2 drive | DAT72 | 36 Gb/ 72 Gb | none | Kubuntu 9.04, 9.10 and 10.04 | v5.0.0 | HP compatible hardware inside, hence everything works out of the box, no problems; tape tests fine |
| HP | 215 | External LTO drive | LTO1 | 100 / 200 GB | none | Fedora 7 i386 | Everything works out of the box, no problems | |
| HP | MSL2024 | Tape Library with 24 Slots and 1 LTO4 Ultrium 1840 drive | LTO4 | 800 GB / 1.6 TB | 24 Slots | Debian 4.0 etch | Everything works like a charm. For a long report see MSL2024 bacula report. | |
| HP | MSL4048 | SCSI Tape library with 48 Slots and 2 LTO-2 drives (can take up to 4) | LTO-2 | 200 / 400 GB | 48 Slots | CentOS 5 x86_64 | v5.0.3 | No problems, no config/script changes needed |
| HP | 1760 | Internal SAS single LTO-4 drive | LTO-4 | 800 / 1600 GB | 1 Slot | Debian 6 (squeeze) | v5.0.2 | No problems, no config/script changes needed |
| IBM | TS-2900 | SAS Tape library with 8 slots and one LTO-4 drive | LTO-4 | 800 / 1600 GB | 8 Slots | CentOS 5 x86_64 | v5.0.3 | All seems to be working fine so far, no config/script changes needed |
| IBM | ULT3581-TA | Tape lib with up to seven LTO-1 drives | IBM LTO-1 | 100 / 200 GB | 7 Slots | Debian 4.0 (Etch) | v1.38 | Everything works good, only one line to comment out (mt -f.. eject) from mtx-changer |
| Overland | Neo 4100 | Tape lib with up to 4 drives, 2 mailslots, SCSI version | LTO-4 (LTO-2/3 and SDLT also available) | 800 / 1600 GB | 60 slots, expandable with additional 60 slot modules | Debian 4.0 (Etch) | 2.2.x, 2.0.x | no problems. Don't put the drive on the same SCSI channel as the changer device! |
| NEC | T40A | Tape lib with up to two LTO-3 drive, SCSI | LTO-3 | 400 / 800 GB | 24/32/40 slots, depending on the licence | Debian 4.0 (Etch) | 2.2.x, 2.0.x, 1.38.x | no problems but I had to add sleep 15 to the mtx-changer script above the wait_for_drive $device line |
| Qualstar | TLS4210 | AIT3 | AIT3 | 100 / 200 GB | 13 slots | Solaris 8 | Fully functional. 12 slots + 1 “private” slot that bacula doesn't treat any differently. The mailslots IS recognized. See getting devices recognized by Solaris. | |
| Quantum | Superloader-3 | Certance H3 | LTO3 | 400 / 800 GB | 16 slots (2×8-slot magazines | Solaris 8 | Mailslot not addressable by mtx. Otherwise completely functional. Some trouble getting devices recognized by Solaris. | |
| Quantum / Sun | PX502 / C4 | Two Drive 38 Slot Library | LTO or DLT | Up to 15 Tb | 38 slot | Fedora Core | Everything works out of the box, no problems, make sure the magazines have plastic handles as earlier metal ones tend to break the library | |
| Quantum | Scalar i40 | 1-2 Drive 40 Slot Library | LTO-4 SAS | 32 Tb | 25 or 40 slot | Ubuntu Server 9.10 | v2.4.4 v5.0.0 | Worked out of the box. |
| Quantum | LTO4 HH (TC-L43CN-EY) | 1 Drive Rackmount Kit | LTO-4 SAS | 800 Gb/ 1,6 Tb | none | SLES10SP2, 64Bit | 2.6.x , v5.0.1 | Installed Quantum Driver - 120MBit/sec. |
| StorageTek | L180 | Up to 6 Drives, 184 Slots Library | 9840 | 20GB / 3.6 TB | 184 Slots | OpenSuse 10.2 | Everything works with minor changes to the mtx-changer script (offline drives before unload) | |
| SUN (formerly StorageTek) | SL500 | Tape lib with up to four HP LTO-3 drives, FC | HP LTO-3 | 400 / 800 GB | 100 Slots | Debian 4.0 (Etch) | 2.4.x, 2.2.x | Everything works out of the box, no problems |
| HP | MSL2024 | Tape lib with 24 HP LTO-4 drives, FC | HP LTO-4 | 800 Gb/ 1,6 Tb | 24 Slots | Ubuntu 8.04 | 2.6.x | Everything works out of the box, no problems |
| HP | StorageWorks DAT 160 USB Internal Tape Drive (Q1580A) | 5,25“ half height DAT-160 drive | DAT-160 8mm | 80/160 GB | Centos 5.4 x86_64 | 3.0.2 | Everything works out of the box, no problems | |
| SUN (formerly StorageTek) | SL500 | Tape lib two IBM LTO-4 drives, FC | IBM LTO-4 | 800 / 1500 GB | 100 Slots | Solaris 10 | 5.0.X | Modified mtx-changer script to get it working SL-500 Script |
| StorageTek | L-80 | 2 * HP LTO-3 drives, SCSI | HP LTO-3 | 400 / 800 GB | 80 Slots | Solaris 10 | 5.0.X | Works out of the box, no problems |
| IBM | TL-3100 | Single ULT3580-TD4 drive, FC | LTO-4 (and couple of LTO-3's) | 800 GB / 1,6 TB | 24 Slots | Linux / CentOS 5 | 5.0.X | Works out of the box, no problems. Even Barcodes work. With dual drive not tried. |
| IBM | TL-3500 | Dual ULT3580-TD4 drive, FC | LTO-4 | 800 GB / 1,6 TB | 300+ Slots /w IBM 03584L32 | Linux / CentOS 6 | 5.0.X | Works OK, no problems. The robot moves tapes from I/E slots automatically which is not seen by mtx status for some reason. The tapes need to be manually “moved” again with mtx to get them to be seen correctly. After that everything works just fine. We have a separate spooler server for each tape drive. |
| Exabyte | 110L-Plus | IBM Ultrium 1 drive and Exabyte media changer | LTO 1 | 100 / 200 GB | 10 slots | CentOS 5 | 2.4.4 | No problems. |
| Exabyte | 110L | IBM Ultrium 3 drive and Exabyte media changer | LTO 3 | 400 / 800 GB | 10 slots | CentOS 5 | 2.4.4 | No problems. |
| Tandberg | StorageLibrary T40 | IBM Ultrium 3 drive and Tandberg media changer, SCSI | LTO-3 | 400 / 800 GB | 24 slots | PLD 2.99 TH | 5.2.6 | No problems. |
| Tandberg | StorageLoader TS400 | Tandberg Ultrium 2 drive and Tandberg media changer, SCSI | LTO-2 | 200 / 400 GB | 8 slots | PLD 2.99 TH | 5.2.6 | No problems. |
| Tandberg | StorageLoader LTO-4 (model 7803) | Tandberg Ultrium 4 drive and Tandberg media changer, SCSI | LTO-4 | 800 / 1600GB | 8 slots | Ubuntu 12.04 | 5.2.5 | All fine … |
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