What is the most likely cause?

You have recently upgraded a tape drive on a older switch to operate at 120MB/s from 80MB/s. Prior to purchasing the tape drives, you tested server dumps to a disk array across multiple ports and saw speeds exceeding 150MB/s. With the new tape drive, you have not seen any dump speed exceed 100MB/s. What is the most likely cause?

You have recently upgraded a tape drive on a older switch to operate at 120MB/s from 80MB/s. Prior to purchasing the tape drives, you tested server dumps to a disk array across multiple ports and saw speeds exceeding 150MB/s. With the new tape drive, you have not seen any dump speed exceed 100MB/s. What is the most likely cause?

A.
The new tape drive has logged into the fabric as a storage initiator.

B.
The switch only has 1Gb/s ports.

C.
You have not yet reset the switch port buffer credits.

D.
The tape drive has logged in as an iSCSI device.



Leave a Reply 0

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *