Dell PowerVault 122T Tape Autoloader - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2013, 05:49:38 pm
content: Hey everyone this is a bit of outdated semi retro (I guess maybe vintage?) tech that I got my hands on, and figure it might interest some of you.

author: iceisfun
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2013, 06:07:48 pm
content: I think I have some tapes and other compatible tape drives for that stuffAlso a scsi controller from a poweredge of that era if you need it, and 6 drivesI was about to pitch it

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2013, 06:13:37 pm
content: Quote from: iceisfun on November 27, 2013, 06:07:48 pmThe controller would be awesome actually, I'm looking for one to get it running, although it uses LVD SCSI.Also (for those who don't watch the whole video) I was excited because I have 8 Ultrium 2 tapes, 200gb/400gb compressed but this machine only takes Ultrium 1, 100gb/200gb tapes. I'm going to contact dell to see if a tape drive upgrade is possible.

author: AndersAnd
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2013, 06:26:08 pm
content: Quote from: XOIIO on November 27, 2013, 05:49:38 pmSimply post the full youtube video link (not youtu.be and not https, but only the regular link without https).Like this:

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2013, 06:35:35 pm
content: Quote from: AndersAnd on November 27, 2013, 06:26:08 pmahh, thanks.

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2013, 07:12:28 pm
content: Uhg of course youtube takes my nice video file and adds little glitches in the audio, sorry about that.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2013, 04:53:27 pm
content: Find if HP's drive has an equivalent version that mounts in a 5.25" bay and then see if they have a 200/400GB version that is the same formfactor and transplant it.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2013, 05:53:34 pm
content: Reminds me that Dec I must tear down a VHS autoloader and associated video tape duplicator unit. Working but outdated technology......

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2013, 06:28:47 pm
content: Quote from: Stonent on November 28, 2013, 04:53:27 pmThat's what I'm hoping, I contacted two people on ebay to get the model number of the drive inside to sse if I can just swap it.

author: pinkman
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2013, 01:06:51 pm
content: I parted out several Dell PowerVault units. I still have all of the the 48V power supplies and LTO3 drives.These units each contain a nifty barcode reader with serial output, and all sorts of interesting hardware.What interests me most is the controller cards. From an older PowerVault, I got a small card which has ethernet, serial, etc and appears to run from an ARM processor.From a newer unit (I can't remember what model) I got a much larger card with ARM processors, FPGA, many ethernet ports, and it appears to run from a 256GB SD card.Looks like it could be interesting for a project but I can't find any information about the cards online.

author: urbis
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 08, 2013, 10:03:54 pm
content: This looks fantastic, it's just a shame (or is it?) that such technology is rarely used these days.Can't imagine this being cheap when it was new, though!

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2013, 12:33:48 pm
content: Quote from: urbis on December 08, 2013, 10:03:54 pmI had one in use till about 3 years ago. Now I just hook up a 1TB 2.5" USB drive which costs about the same as one tape...

author: urbis
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 11, 2013, 08:05:50 pm
content: That's the scary thing, storage is so cheap nowadays.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2013, 07:28:17 pm
content: Was at the scrap yard today, and there was this 44 gallon drum there full of old hard drives just getting ready to go to the head office for recycling. Drum half full of water as well, so no data recovery on most of those drives......

author: TheBay
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 03:11:10 am
content: I want this beauty at home:http://youtu.be/GwMn7YpF8r8