Hi, I have read others' reviews on MSEO-- from what I understand it will peg the CPU and reduce throughput dramatically to high-speed drives.
Has anyone not seen that? Justin. On Tue, 2 Mar 2010, Shekel Tal wrote: > Okay, thanks for the information. > > I have also been looking at NetBackup Media Server Encryption. > It looks quite neat, compresses before encryption and has very nice key > management which is a big tick in the box for me. > > The only caveat is that is software based and has fairly heavy host CPU > requirement. > > Regards, > Tal > > > -----Original Message----- > From: judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com > [mailto:judy_hinchcli...@administaff.com] > Sent: 02 March 2010 14:42 > To: Shekel Tal; jpis...@lucidpixels.com; kc.on.the....@gmail.com > Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Sun/StorageTek based LTO4 encryption > > I am now using kms, and because the tape drive does the compression and > the tape drive does the encryption, I have not noticed any loss in > compression yet ( only have had it running for about 1 week) that was > something I was also concerned about. You have to compress before you > encrypt, and as far as I could find out the tape drive knows that. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Shekel > Tal > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 7:39 AM > To: Justin Piszcz; Kevin C > Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Sun/StorageTek based LTO4 encryption > > I have also been looking at this as an option. > One of the considerations is the effect encryption has on compression. > > I have heard you loose the ability to compress effectively when using > compression. > > Have you noticed an effect on your tape drive compression when using > tape drive based encryption? > > Regards, > Tal > > -----Original Message----- > From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Justin > Piszcz > Sent: 01 March 2010 21:26 > To: Kevin C > Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Sun/StorageTek based LTO4 encryption > > > > On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Kevin C wrote: > >> Sorry if this topic is been discussed before. >> >> Looking for members who have implemented LTO4 based encryption on >> Sun/StorageTek/Oracle platforms, any useful > comments/journeys/guidance. We >> are on HP LTO4 drives with SL500/SL3000 libraries. From what I > understand, >> this pretty much limits us to the StorageTek Crypto Key Management > System w/ >> KMA appliances at each library site. The other option, today, is > NetBackup's >> KMS software. >> >> Thank you. >> > > I have using the IBM LTO-4 drives with STK libraries, works great, as > long > the firmware is version 7BG2, I have seen the drive reset itself if the > firmware is any other version (more recent ones). Also using NBU & KMS. > It works good, note you can only have 2 volume pools that use > encryption. > > Justin. > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > > _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu