[Veritas-bu] When is a media server required?

[Karl.Rossing@Federated.CA]

veritas-bu-admin at mailman.eng.auburn.edu wrote on 08/16/2004 12:55:33 PM:

> > 3.   Can the media server be a Windows server or should it be AIX like
> > the master?
> 
> It can be either but Windows media servers are a pain to work with.  If
> you add a tape drive to your library, expect to reboot a Windows media
> server (it took us 3 reboots before all was done).  On our Solaris media
> servers, no reboots were required.
> 
> If you have a choice, go with a Unix media server - AIX in your case
> because you're already familiar with it.

Would a UNIX media server also be faster?

Don't windows servers have a limitation on the tape buffer sizes?

Thanks,
Karl
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