Chapter 3 Unix Configuration Procedures; A Word About Scsi Controllers - Quantum LTO-3 User Manual

A Word About SCSI Controllers

LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive User's Guide
UNIX Configuration Procedures
3
This chapter describes how to configure various UNIX systems to
recognize and obtain optimal performance from the LTO-3 Half-Height
Tape Drive.
The topics covered in this chapter are:
• A Word About SCSI Controllers
• Configuring Sun UNIX Environments
• Configuring IBM AIX UNIX Environments
• Configuring Linux UNIX Environments
• Configuring HP-UX UNIX Environments
The LTO-3 Half-Height Tape Drive transfers data natively at 68 Mbytes
per second, with 2:1 compression of the data. It supports the SCSI Ultra
160 specification and can transfer data at burst rates of up to 320 Mbytes
per second. To achieve maximum drive performance, always choose
high-performance disk drives for your system, as well as high-
performance SCSI controllers.
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