HP's LTO IV tape drive will also have native encryption capability and will therefore be library independent.
>>> "Brooks, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/7/2007 8:46 AM >>> Quantum also has an upgrade to the firmware on the Scalar i2Ks that allows on the box key management and encryption via LTO4s. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 8:54 PM > To: JAJA (Jamie Jamison); veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] LTO Generation 4 tape throughput > with on-drive encryption > > The big catch is that the "drive" supports encryption, but > you have to have something to make it encrypt. If you have > an IBM 3584 library, then you can upgrade the firmware AND > use an IBM software package to do key management for encryption. > > Just because you have an LTO-4 drive does not mean that you > can encrypt. Encryption key management is not at the drive. > > I have tested encrypted vs. non-encrypted backups and did not > see any significant difference. > > Bobby. > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "JAJA (Jamie Jamison)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I'm researching the purchase of a new library with > LTO generation 4 tape > > drives and am interested in using the on-drive > encryption to encrypt my > > backup tapes so that if a box of tapes ever falls off > of the Iron > > Mountain truck I'm not having to explain things to > the board of > > directors and legal, update my resume and/or both. > The spec sheets for > > the LTO-4 drives that I've seen claim throughput of > up to 120Mbps, but > > as we all know the devil is in the details and for > all I know that > > throughput could have consisted of writing extremely > large files > > consisting of nothing but the letter "e" to tape, > without using > > encryption. Has anyone upgraded to LTO gen 4 yet who > is also using the > > on-drive ! encrypt ion and if so what kind of > throughput do you see on > > average. Any real-world, real-life information will > be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > Jamie Jamison > > ZymoGenetics, Seattle > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > >
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