4.7. Supported Tape Drives
If you intend to use the tape backup capabilities of the SME Server, you must have a tape drive that will work with a Linux system.
We believe that most SCSI tape drives and many IDE tape drives will work correctly. Unfortunately, the popular OnStream tape drives do not at the current time work with Red Hat Linux version 7.3, and hence are not supported by your SME Server.
We have tested the following tape drives and know that they work with the SME Server:
| Vendor | Model | Revision | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell | Powervault 100T | DAT | |
| HP | HP35470A | T603 | DAT |
| Seagate | Python 06408 | XXX | DAT |
| SONY | SDX-300C | 0400 | AIT |
| Vendor | Model | Revision | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seagate | STT20000A | 8A51 | |
| Seagate | STT32000A |
We have tested and verified that the following tape drives do not work with the SME Server:
| Vendor | Model | Revision | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| OnStream | DI-30 | ADR |
If you do not have one of the supported drives listed above you may want to check with http://hardware.redhat.com/ for information about how well that drive will work with Red Hat Linux 7.3.
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If your tape drive is not listed at Red Hat's site, you can visit http://www.linuxtapecert.org/ to see if your tape drive vendor is participating with that tape drive certification effort. Be aware that some of the solutions developed to get certain tape drives to work with Linux may require kernel modifications and only be attempted by experienced developers. |