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NOTE In a configuration with two XR RAID enclosures, the number of XE extension enclosures per XR RAID
enclosure must be the same. The total number of enclosures in the storage assembly must be an even number.
Connect Archive Storage (not Lustre)
Archiving to USB 2.0, FireWire (IEEE 1394) and fibre channel devices is supported. This includes filesystems,
tape drives, and VTRs. For information on connecting a VTR, see Connect video components (page 11).
Filesystem Devices
USB 2.0 and FireWire (IEEE 1394) attached devices must be use one of the following filesystems: XFS, ext2,
ext3, or HFS (Mac). NTFS is not supported.
NOTE Care must be taken to ensure that the filesystems used to store archives are reliable, stable and properly
backed up so as to protect the archive integrity. This functionality is not provided by the application.
SCSI Tape Drive Devices
SCSI tape drives can be connected to a fibre channel port of the workstation by way of a fibre-channel-to-SCSI
bridge, such as the Atto FibreBridge 2390D. The tape drive device must meet two criteria. First, the device’s
driver must accept standard UNIX tape device calls. Second, the device must be certified for use with the
currently supported version of the workstation operating system and kernel.
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