Re: Type of LTO-4 Encryption

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

Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>

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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??

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Turkeltaub, Dan

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