Are LTO tapes backwards compatible. Why would I not be able to read old tapes?
We have 6 year old LTO tapes. We are trying to restore data from them using a LTO4 drive. We can not read the tapes at all. Not even the label. Can this be fixed? Any ideas? The drives are backwards compatible right?
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| September 21, 2010 3:15 PM
Backup, Backup and recovery management software, LTO Tape, Storage in 2010, Tape Backups, Tape storage, Windows
We have 6 year old LTO tapes. We are trying to restore data from them using a LTO4 drive. We can not read the tapes at all. Not even the label. Can this be fixed? Any ideas? The drives are backwards compatible right?
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| September 21, 2010 3:15 PM
Backup, Backup and recovery management software, LTO Tape, Storage in 2010, Tape Backups, Tape storage, Windows
Add a drive to a Raid 5 without destroying the data
Can you change the amount of drives in a raid 5 array? For example we now have 6 136 GB drives in our raid 5 array. Can we add one more drive to the array as either a hot spare or actually part of the array? Currently the array uses all 6 drives.
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| September 1, 2011 3:10 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID Array, Storage in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Can you change the amount of drives in a raid 5 array? For example we now have 6 136 GB drives in our raid 5 array. Can we add one more drive to the array as either a hot spare or actually part of the array? Currently the array uses all 6 drives.
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| September 1, 2011 3:10 PM
RAID, RAID 5, RAID Array, Storage in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Any applications to protect data on hard drives?
I am wondering if there are any applications available in the market which would allow me to protect my hard drive data. Are there any tools which would prevent a hard drive from being accessible if it was removed from a computer and plugged into another computer or a portable hard drive case? I realize [...]
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| November 1, 2011 12:11 AM
Data protection, Data security breaches, Encrypting File System, External hard drives, Storage in 2010
I am wondering if there are any applications available in the market which would allow me to protect my hard drive data. Are there any tools which would prevent a hard drive from being accessible if it was removed from a computer and plugged into another computer or a portable hard drive case? I realize [...]
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| November 1, 2011 12:11 AM
Data protection, Data security breaches, Encrypting File System, External hard drives, Storage in 2010
how can insert values in array throw Scanner class or wrapper class?
how can insert values in array throw Scanner class or wrapper class?
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| June 28, 2010 7:21 AM
Array Configuration Tool, Java scanner class, JDK 1.5, Storage in 2010
how can insert values in array throw Scanner class or wrapper class?
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| June 28, 2010 7:21 AM
Array Configuration Tool, Java scanner class, JDK 1.5, Storage in 2010
BRMS and Tape Management
Hi, I have BRMS for [strong]Backup Management [/strong]and[strong] [/strong]IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library for [strong]tape management[/strong].I have few questions regarding these 2 technologies: 1.Under normal circumstances the tape configuration is as follows: Description Status TAPMLB03 VARIED ON TAP03 VARIED OFF When I have to take the backup or restore,do I have to vary on [...]
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| June 28, 2010 6:47 PM
BRMS Backup, IBM System Storage, Storage in 2010, Tape Backups, TS3310 Tape Library
Hi, I have BRMS for [strong]Backup Management [/strong]and[strong] [/strong]IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library for [strong]tape management[/strong].I have few questions regarding these 2 technologies: 1.Under normal circumstances the tape configuration is as follows: Description Status TAPMLB03 VARIED ON TAP03 VARIED OFF When I have to take the backup or restore,do I have to vary on [...]
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| June 28, 2010 6:47 PM
BRMS Backup, IBM System Storage, Storage in 2010, Tape Backups, TS3310 Tape Library
How to merge 2 disks on 1 hard drive to create a large storage server for archived data? (Poweredge 2800 and Windows Server 2003)
I have an old Dell PowerEdge server that I want to convert to a large data storage server – nothing on it but archived data. The hard drive has been formatted to have about 70G on the C drive and about 130G on a different drive. BUT both drives are located on the same hard [...]
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| May 23, 2012 7:38 PM
Dell PowerEdge 2800, Storage configuration management, Storage in 2010, Storage management, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003
I have an old Dell PowerEdge server that I want to convert to a large data storage server – nothing on it but archived data. The hard drive has been formatted to have about 70G on the C drive and about 130G on a different drive. BUT both drives are located on the same hard [...]
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| May 23, 2012 7:38 PM
Dell PowerEdge 2800, Storage configuration management, Storage in 2010, Storage management, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003
VMWare, Windows, Deduplication, Defragmentation: Bad combo?
I was in a meeting the other day talking about our VMWare implementation and one of our Windows engineers brought up a comment that I wanted to throw out to everyone. He was told by a VMWare engineer that if you run Windows defragmenation on the virtual server while also are using de-duplication on the [...]
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| July 29, 2010 8:12 PM
Deduplication, Defragmentation, Storage in 2010, VMware
I was in a meeting the other day talking about our VMWare implementation and one of our Windows engineers brought up a comment that I wanted to throw out to everyone. He was told by a VMWare engineer that if you run Windows defragmenation on the virtual server while also are using de-duplication on the [...]
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| July 29, 2010 8:12 PM
Deduplication, Defragmentation, Storage in 2010, VMware
Has anyone used StarWind iSCSI for production network? What about its reliability and performance?
StarWind claims to turn any standard server into a fault-tolerant, fail-safe Windows iSCSI target SAN. Compared to EMC and Netapp products, where does it stand in term of performance & reliability (e.g. assuming new & stable server)? Has anyone deployed it on production? What kind of hardware do you use/recommend (e.g. Dell R410 etc)? Can [...]
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| August 26, 2010 5:13 PM
iSCSI, SAN, Storage in 2010, Thin provisioning
StarWind claims to turn any standard server into a fault-tolerant, fail-safe Windows iSCSI target SAN. Compared to EMC and Netapp products, where does it stand in term of performance & reliability (e.g. assuming new & stable server)? Has anyone deployed it on production? What kind of hardware do you use/recommend (e.g. Dell R410 etc)? Can [...]
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| August 26, 2010 5:13 PM
iSCSI, SAN, Storage in 2010, Thin provisioning
Looking for software to allow arbitrary apps to share arbitary data amongst themselves
I’m looking for a software that would allow arbitrary applications to share arbitrary data amongst themselves. Data suppliers could communicate with the service to “publish” what data they have available. Consumers can ask the service for what data is available. Consumers do not necessarily work in a “subscribe” model, because there may be a large [...]
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| June 22, 2010 1:42 PM
Data storage, Open source software, Shared databases, Storage in 2010
I’m looking for a software that would allow arbitrary applications to share arbitrary data amongst themselves. Data suppliers could communicate with the service to “publish” what data they have available. Consumers can ask the service for what data is available. Consumers do not necessarily work in a “subscribe” model, because there may be a large [...]
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| June 22, 2010 1:42 PM
Data storage, Open source software, Shared databases, Storage in 2010
SQL Server 2005: Improving performance of Multiple Databases & LUNS
I am looking at ways to improve performance of our databases. We have 4 large databases (ranging between 50gb and 200gb each) on a single SQL Server 2005 Cluster. Currently they are split 2 on one LUN and 2 on another. I am looking at ways to improve the IO performance of the databases as [...]
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| June 22, 2010 5:25 PM
Cluster management, LUN, RAID 10, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server clustering, SQL Server performance, Storage in 2010
I am looking at ways to improve performance of our databases. We have 4 large databases (ranging between 50gb and 200gb each) on a single SQL Server 2005 Cluster. Currently they are split 2 on one LUN and 2 on another. I am looking at ways to improve the IO performance of the databases as [...]
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| June 22, 2010 5:25 PM
Cluster management, LUN, RAID 10, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server clustering, SQL Server performance, Storage in 2010
IBM Netfinity 5500 servers, motherboard hit by lightning. Trying to recover data
I need some serious help here. A client of mine had his old IBM netfinity 5500 server hit by lightning and the motherboard is toast. Problem is, he has no backup, and I’m trying to recover the data. The data sits on a 10 disk drive array, RAID 5. He has a spare Netfinity 5500 [...]
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| June 17, 2010 5:32 PM
Array, Data backup and recovery, RAID 5, Storage in 2010
I need some serious help here. A client of mine had his old IBM netfinity 5500 server hit by lightning and the motherboard is toast. Problem is, he has no backup, and I’m trying to recover the data. The data sits on a 10 disk drive array, RAID 5. He has a spare Netfinity 5500 [...]
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| June 17, 2010 5:32 PM
Array, Data backup and recovery, RAID 5, Storage in 2010
RAID1 on computer with 2 internal hard-disks
I have two identical hard disks in RAID1 array (no additional hard drives are available). There is a CD/DVD drive and USB. I need a solution for both Windows XP and Linux OS, but as single-OS, no dual booting. I’ve run into several hassles: Upgrading Linux kernel on a machine where one boots from [...]
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| June 18, 2010 3:58 PM
hard disk storage, Linux, PCI, RAID 1, Storage in 2010, Windows XP
I have two identical hard disks in RAID1 array (no additional hard drives are available). There is a CD/DVD drive and USB. I need a solution for both Windows XP and Linux OS, but as single-OS, no dual booting. I’ve run into several hassles: Upgrading Linux kernel on a machine where one boots from [...]
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| June 18, 2010 3:58 PM
hard disk storage, Linux, PCI, RAID 1, Storage in 2010, Windows XP
How to reduce or eliminate CHKDSK scan times on large SAN volumes?
I’m currently evaluating upgrade options for our primary Windows server storage volumes. I am trying to build in a solution in the upgrade to the problem of the time it takes to run CHKDSK on large, busy volumes mounted on Windows. In the days when storage volumes were up to a few hundred MB of [...]
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| November 3, 2011 3:56 PM
CHKDSK, DAS, RAID, RAID 1, SAN, SCSI, Storage in 2010
I’m currently evaluating upgrade options for our primary Windows server storage volumes. I am trying to build in a solution in the upgrade to the problem of the time it takes to run CHKDSK on large, busy volumes mounted on Windows. In the days when storage volumes were up to a few hundred MB of [...]
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| November 3, 2011 3:56 PM
CHKDSK, DAS, RAID, RAID 1, SAN, SCSI, Storage in 2010
High capacity, off-site data storage needs
I am trying to find who sells one or more of three types of high capacity storage systems. The first is to store 200 terabytes of security videos with the ability to retrieve a particular indexed video quickly. The second is a very high canacity RAID 5 storage system for off-site data storage of critical [...]
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| June 16, 2010 2:01 PM
Data storage, RAID 5, Storage capacity planning, Storage in 2010, Storage Systems
I am trying to find who sells one or more of three types of high capacity storage systems. The first is to store 200 terabytes of security videos with the ability to retrieve a particular indexed video quickly. The second is a very high canacity RAID 5 storage system for off-site data storage of critical [...]
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| June 16, 2010 2:01 PM
Data storage, RAID 5, Storage capacity planning, Storage in 2010, Storage Systems
Can you recommend a large (4TB+) backup solution for a network with multiple MAC OS X machines?
I currently have a three-year old ReadyNAS NV+ which offers 4 SATA drive bays with an implementation of RAID 5 across the drives. Each drive is 750GB, providing a virtual volume size of 2.25TB. When I set up this device, the largest drive on my network that I needed to backup was only 750GB. Now, [...]
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| June 14, 2010 6:00 PM
Backup, Backup software, Mac OS X, Storage in 2010
I currently have a three-year old ReadyNAS NV+ which offers 4 SATA drive bays with an implementation of RAID 5 across the drives. Each drive is 750GB, providing a virtual volume size of 2.25TB. When I set up this device, the largest drive on my network that I needed to backup was only 750GB. Now, [...]
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| June 14, 2010 6:00 PM
Backup, Backup software, Mac OS X, Storage in 2010
Removable Data Storage Possible Virus?
I have been storing data on a removable device (flash disk) for a bit of time. Currently once I plug in the removable device to any of our PC’s the VDU is showing only a number of data while some data are not viewable, but now on the plug & play for the device it is registering that [...]
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| June 15, 2010 2:23 PM
Data storage, Data storage management, Flash drive, Removable data storage, Storage in 2010
I have been storing data on a removable device (flash disk) for a bit of time. Currently once I plug in the removable device to any of our PC’s the VDU is showing only a number of data while some data are not viewable, but now on the plug & play for the device it is registering that [...]
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| June 15, 2010 2:23 PM
Data storage, Data storage management, Flash drive, Removable data storage, Storage in 2010
RAID 10, 1/0 or 1+0: do you use this disk technology in your SAP productions?
RAID 10 (aka: raid 1/0, raid 1+0) disk technology: and would like to know if anybody use it in production machines (in case: which advantages with respect to RAID5?). We know and already have RAID on (not only) production systems but so far only RAID1 and RAID5 were advised by our consultants: RAID10 (1+0 OR [...]
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| June 12, 2010 8:12 PM
Disk storage, RAID5, SAP, Storage in 2010
RAID 10 (aka: raid 1/0, raid 1+0) disk technology: and would like to know if anybody use it in production machines (in case: which advantages with respect to RAID5?). We know and already have RAID on (not only) production systems but so far only RAID1 and RAID5 were advised by our consultants: RAID10 (1+0 OR [...]
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| June 12, 2010 8:12 PM
Disk storage, RAID5, SAP, Storage in 2010
Reduce the response time when querying the database
I am working on a plain java/J2ee project with Oracle 9 at the backend. The issue comes when I am querying the DB and more than 10000 records are retrieved. I can’t change the business logic much, since the code is developed by some other people and I’m not allowed to do so. Any tuning [...]
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| June 16, 2010 8:06 PM
Database query, Java, Storage in 2010
I am working on a plain java/J2ee project with Oracle 9 at the backend. The issue comes when I am querying the DB and more than 10000 records are retrieved. I can’t change the business logic much, since the code is developed by some other people and I’m not allowed to do so. Any tuning [...]
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| June 16, 2010 8:06 PM
Database query, Java, Storage in 2010
Need advice/recommendations for online storage (cloud server?)
We are looking to replace our shared storage drive (10 workstations) with an online storage service. We access and update files regularly and would like to be able to access remotely as well as in office. Any advice on where to start would be greatly appreciated.
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| February 17, 2011 5:20 PM
Cloud Services, Cloud storage, Online Storage, Storage in 2010
We are looking to replace our shared storage drive (10 workstations) with an online storage service. We access and update files regularly and would like to be able to access remotely as well as in office. Any advice on where to start would be greatly appreciated.
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| February 17, 2011 5:20 PM
Cloud Services, Cloud storage, Online Storage, Storage in 2010
What are the pros and cons of a dedicated server compared to a cloud system like what Amazon offers with S3 and EC2?
So far I understand that Amazon can be very easily scaled up and you’re likely going to have more uptime considering it’s a very large corporation that cares more about uptime. But what if I have a problem scaling up and I find a very good hosting business that is always up? Are there other [...]
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| June 16, 2010 5:18 PM
amazon s3, Cloud Computing, Storage in 2010
So far I understand that Amazon can be very easily scaled up and you’re likely going to have more uptime considering it’s a very large corporation that cares more about uptime. But what if I have a problem scaling up and I find a very good hosting business that is always up? Are there other [...]
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| June 16, 2010 5:18 PM
amazon s3, Cloud Computing, Storage in 2010
