Re: Type of LTO-4 Encryption

["Roger Harman" <RHarman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, that bummed me out.  I was all excited about getting our new box
with the built-in LTO-4 so I could encrypt our backups.  Got my bubble
burst pretty quickly on that one.

I guess if you only need 800gb (native) saved, it must not be worth
encrypting, huh?  Jeesh....


> > > kgoins@xxxxxxxxxxx 12/23/2009 9:06:57 AM >>>
Just as a side note... IBM at least on i5/OS ( IBM i ) only supports 
Encryption on Libraries not Stand-alone drives

William.Epperson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> No, beginning with the LTO-4, tape encryption is handled within the
tape drive itself.  You do however need a encryption key manager, which
will be a
> stand-alone system, preferably two or more of them for redundancy. 
> From what I've read these "servers" could exist as virtual servers
somewhere.
> We're still planning our LTO-3 to LTO-4 migration, so I can't say for
absolute sure how these new encryption key managers will be laid out.
> Good luck,
> Bill Epperson Jr.
> Systems Communications Analyst
> Memorial Health System
> (719) 365-8831
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> I am guessing on this, the tape drive does not support the
encryption, don't
> you need a seperate server to handle that part of it??
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> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Turkeltaub, Dan
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