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Spectra 20K Library User Guide - Spectra Logic

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Chapter 2. Partitioning and Configuring the <strong>Library</strong><br />

Split G2 E-QIP Configuration Example<br />

In the above example, the following devices will be visible out of Port A (bottom<br />

connector) of the G2 E-QIP:<br />

<strong>Library</strong> 1 (robotic control)<br />

Drive 1<br />

Drive 2<br />

The following devices will be visible out of Port B (top connector) of the<br />

G2 E-QIP:<br />

Sharing Tape Devices<br />

Figure 2-14 Split QIP Configuration.<br />

<strong>Library</strong> 2 (robotic control)<br />

Drive 3<br />

Drive 4<br />

NDMP and iSCSI both allow a set of tape resources to be shared between multiple<br />

hosts.<br />

Caution: Care must be taken to ensure that multiple requests are not<br />

being sent to the same tape drive at the same time.<br />

With NDMP, there is typically a backup application server that manages access to the<br />

tape drives. Even though multiple NAS devices can access the tape device these<br />

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