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ES-Backup Supported Devices

Nearly all tape drives and tape changers available in the market can be used without any problems with ES-Backup.

In order to make it easier for customers to choose an appropriate backup device and to provide more safety, UGSoft frequently tests new backup devices and certifies them for use with ES-Backup.

Tape drives certified by UGSoft Labs
(as of 06/2006)

ES-Backup on Solaris (S), Linux (L) and Mac OS X (M):


  Tape libraries certified by UGSoft Labs
(as of 06/2006)

ES-Backup Autoloader Extension on Solaris (S), Linux (L) and Mac OS X (M):

Tandberg (www.tandberg.com ):

MLR1/SLR32 (S)
SLR5 (S)(L)(M)
SLR60 (S)(L)
SLR100 (S)(L)(M)

Exabyte (www.exabyte.com):

Mammoth EXB-8900 (S)
VXA-1 (S, SCSI)(L, SCSI)(M, SCSI+FireWire)
VXA-2 (M, FireWire/USB)

Sony
(
www.storagebysony.com)
(sony.storagesupport.com):

AIT-1/SDX-300C (S)
AIT-2/SDX-500C (S)(L)(M)
SAIT/SDZ-100 (S)(L)(M)
AIT E90-UL (M, USB/FireWire)
AIT-3/SDX-700C (S)(L)(M)
AIT-4/SDX-900V (S)(L)(M) (Firmware 103 or later required)
AIT-1 Turbo/AITe100-UL (M, USB/FireWire)


Others:

QIC-150 (S)(L)(M)
DLT 8000 (S)(L)(M)
LTO-1 (S)(L)(M)
LTO-2 (S)(L)(M)
SDLT1 (M)
SDLT320 (S)(L)
  Tandberg (www.tandberg.com ):

TDS 1210 (1 MLR1/SLR32, 10 slots) (S)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)
SLR60 (1 SLR60, 8 slots) (S)(L)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)
DLT8000 Autoloader (1 DLT8000 drive, 10 slots) (S)(L)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)
M1500 Library (1 SDLT320, 21 Slots) (S)(L)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)
SuperLoader (1 SDLT1, 16 Slots) (M)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)

Exabyte (www.exabyte.com):

Exabyte 220 (2 Mammoth EXB-8900, 20 slots) (S)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)

Exabyte VXA Packetloader FireWire/USB (1 VXA-2, 10 slots) (M)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)

Exabyte Magnum 1x7 Autoloader (1 LTO-2, 7 slots) (S)(L)(M)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)


Sony
(
www.storagebysony.com)
(sony.storagesupport.com):

Sony AIT-1 Autoloader/TSL-A300C (1 AIT-1, 4 slots) (S)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)

Sony AIT-3 Library/LIB-162 (1 AIT-3/SDX-700C, 16 Slots, barcode reader) (S)(L)(M)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)

Sony AIT-2 Autoloader/LIB-D81 (1 AIT-2/SDX-500C, 8 Slots) (S)(M)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)


Quantum:

Quantum DLT 2500XT Autoloader (1 DLT 2000, 5 slots) (S)(L)(M)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)

Spectra Logic (www.spectralogic.com ):

TreeFrog (1 AIT-2, 15 slots) (S)
(All tape libraries from the family should work with ES-Backup)

Qualstar (www.qualstar.com ):

TLS-4420 (1 AIT-2, 20 slots) (S)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)

Overland :

LXB DLT (1 DLT 7000, 10 slots) (S)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)
LibraryPro AIT-2 (2 AIT-2, 18 slots) (S)(L)(M)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)

ADIC/GRAU :

Scalar 480 AIT (2 AIT-2, 80 slots) (S)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)
FastStor LTO (1 LTO, 7 slots) (S)(L)(M)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)
Scalar24 LTO (2 LTO1, 23 slots) (S)(L)(M)
(All tape libraries from this family should work with ES-Backup)


 
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Other tape drives already in use with
ES-Backup at customer sites:


  Other tape libraries already in use with
ES-Backup at customer sites:


Tandberg (www.tandberg.com ):
Panther 5000, SLR4

Digital Equipment :
DLT
DLT 2000

Hewlett Packard :
HP SureStore DLT40
HP 1533 A

Quantum :
DLT 4000

Sun :
DLT 7000
DLT 4000

Sony :
AIT-1/SDX-400C
AIT-2/SDX-500C
AIT-3/SDX-700C
AIT E130-UL (USB/FireWire)

Exabyte:

VXA-2 (S, SCSI)(L, SCSI)(M, SCSI+FireWire)

Others :
DLT 20/40
Voyager 20
LTO-2 (S)(L)(M)



Comments :
All tape drives which can be used with the ufsdump, ufsrestore and mt commands under Sun Solaris and dump, restore and mt commands under Linux should work with
ES-Backup.
  Sun:
SunStorEdge L280 (1 DLT 7000, 8 slots)

Exabyte:
EZ-17 (1 Mammoth EXB-8900, 7 slots)
Exabyte VXA Packetloader SCSI (1 VXA-2, 10 slots)

Qualstar:
TLS-6110 (1 DLT8000, 10 slots)
TLS-6220 (2 DLT7000, 20 slots)

 

Comments :
All tape libraries and autoloaders which allow random access to the tape slots and do conform to the SCSI-2 command set should work with ES-Backup.