Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 07:59:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda> To: ken@stox.pr.mcs.net (Kenneth P. Stox) Cc: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, taob@io.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HSM for FreeBSD?, was Re: Who wants a DPT SCSI controller driver? Message-ID: <199605211159.HAA19621@hda> In-Reply-To: <199605210130.UAA01657@m4.stox.pr.mcs.net> from "Kenneth P. Stox" at May 20, 96 08:30:02 pm
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> > > In a seizure of sanity, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > Hmm. 3Tb? Then somebody should go and write a HSM application to control > > a tape robot.. > > > > Could do some testing on our 260+ cartridge DLT library (soon to be > > able to hold 260+ * 40Gb ;-) > > Funny you should mention this. I recently picked up an Exabyte 10i robot, and > have been pondering this very point. Is there anyone else in the FreeBSD > community who has any interest in HSM systems ? > (I'm at least pulling -scsi and -hardware out of this cc list) Anyone interested in a commercial binary-only HSM and data migration software please let me know. One of our clients makes them, and at least the pieces of it we've worked on are running on FreeBSD already. A FreeBSD port would be possible if it looked cost effective. This is "regular" commercial software with the usual usage restrictions, though the client binaries are redistributable. -- Peter Dufault Real-Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267
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