bruAPP Supported Attached Tape Devices

Following is a small sampling of tape drives and libraries (in alphabetical order by manufacturer) that have been tested/approved for use on bruAPP Backup Appliances as external tape devices connected through the ATTO HBA that is shipped inside of the bruAPP.

Quantum LTO Notice

As of November 1, 2010, all Quantum LTO-4 "Original Drive" SAS drives (view picture) remain unsupported by TOLIS Group, Inc. However, all Quantum LTO-4 SAS "Model B" drives (view picture) are now supported by TOLIS Group with the use of all BRU products. View the drives side-by-side.

It is not possible for any BRU products to properly function with the Quantum LTO-4 SAS "Original Drive". There is nothing that TOLIS Group can do to resolve issues with this drive under Mac OS X. You must contact your hardware provider and request that they exchange it for a Quantum "Model B" LTO-4 drive, replace it with a different manufacturer's LTO-4 device, or upgrade to a any manufacturers LTO-5 tape drive.

Standalone Tape Drives This is a partial list, please contact BRU Sales if you don't see your device listed

MANUFACTURER - MODEL - DRIVE	HBA INTERFACE
HP StorageWorks DAT24, DAT40, DAT72	SCSI, USB
HP StorageWorks DAT160	SCSI, USB, SAS
HP StorageWorks DAT320	USB, SAS
HP StorageWorks LTO-1 232	SCSI
HP StorageWorks LTO-2 448	SCSI, SAS
HP StorageWorks LTO-2 460	SCSI
HP StorageWorks LTO-3 920	SCSI, SAS
HP StorageWorks LTO-3 960 Std Media	SCSI, FC
HP StorageWorks LTO-3 960 WORM Media	SCSI, FC
HP StorageWorks LTO-4 1760 (HH) Std & WORM Media	SCSI, FC, SAS
HP StorageWorks LTO-4 1840 (FH) Std & WORM Media	SCSI, FC, SAS
HP StorageWorks LTO-5 3000 (HH) Std & WORM Media	FC, SAS
HP StorageWorks LTO-5 3280 (FH) Std & WORM Media	FC, SAS
HP StorageWorks VS80	SCSI

Certance TapeStor DAT 24, DAT 40, DAT72	SCSI
Certance Viper 200 LTO-1	SCSI
Certance Viper 400 LTO-2	SCSI
Certance Viper 800 LTO-3	SCSI
Exabyte Mammoth 1 & 2	SCSI, FC
Exabyte/Ecrix VXA-1, VXA-2, VXA-172 & VXA-320	SCSI, FW
IBM LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4 , LTO-5*	SCSI, FC, SAS
OnStream ADR2-60, ADR2-120	SCSI, USB
Sony DDS3 and DDS4	SCSI
Sony AIT-1, AIT-2, AIT-3, AIT-4, AIT-5, SAIT-1	SCSI, FW, FC
Sony DTF	SCSI
Note: LaCie drives are Sony OEM devices
Sun StorageTek 10000B	FC
Tandberg Data LTO (All Generations, including LTO-5*)	SCSI, SAS, FC
Tandberg Data DAT320	USB, SAS
Quantum DLT7000, DLT8000	SCSI
Quantum DLT1/VS80	SCSI
Quantum SDLT-220, SDLT-320, SDLT-600	SCSI
Quantum DAT160	SCSI, USB, SAS
Quantum DAT320	USB, SAS

Standalone Tape Drive List Last Updated: December 7, 2010

Tape Libraries/Automation

This is a partial list, please contact BRU Sales if you don't see your device listed.

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Autoloaders/Libraries List Last Updated: July 22, 2011

Key:

pSCSI — Small Computer System Interface (Parallel SCSI)
iSCSI — Internet SCSI
FC — Fibre Channel
FW — FireWire
USB — Universal Serial Bus
SAS — Serial Attached SCSI

* LTO-5 is only availble in SAS and FC format. LTO-5 will not be manufactured for the SCSI interface.
† LTO-5 the only LTO version supported with this library on Mac OS X systems. Other LTO versions are not supported.

Vendor Notes

Archive, ADIC, Seagate, and Certance are now Quantum.
Ecrix and Exabyte are now Tandberg Data.
Dell devices are OEM products of other major vendors.

The previous vendor name is retained to assist in identification of older devices.

Compatibility Notes

Tape Drives marketed by Seagate, Quantum, Archive, Tandberg Data, Tecmar or others as TRAVAN, SLR or QIC Mini-Cartridge are not supported on any platform by BRU Server.
All DLT VS160 tape drives are not supported by TOLIS Group (effective 06/2007).
AIT ATAPI tape drives that use an ATAPI to FireWire bridge are not supported unless they are in an inclosure made by Sony and using the Sony provided ATAPI-to-FireWire bridge.

Quantum SuperLoader 3

Due to SCSI I/O compatibillity issues, the Quantum SuperLoader 3 libraries are not supported as a attached library for use with the bruAPP Backup Appliance at this time.

Please check Knowledge Base for known issues and general troubleshooting tips. View the tape drive performance figures as reported by the drive manufacturers.

Device Not Listed?

For information about tape drives or libraries not listed, please contact: .

1 — Internal and external versions of these drives are supported. HP Tape Drive Note: Older HP LTO-1 Drives are not compatible with BRU Server running on the bruAPP. This is an HP Firmware issue that HP has indicated will not be fixed. Therefore, the SureStore 215 and 230 drives are not compatible with the bruAPP under any circumstances. The newer LTO-1 Ultrium 232 and 248 units are compatible. 2 - Only the SCSI version of this device has been tested. Other versions have not been tested for bruAPP Backup Appliance support, although they are expected to work.