OpenVault Media Management System
Managing removeable mediain a drive and platform independent way
| What is this thing called "OpenVault"? |
OpenVault is middleware that helps applications manage removable media, allowing sharing of libraries and drives between applications on a host and between hosts in a SAN. |
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| Are there commercial versions of it? |
OpenVault from SGI and
SmartMedia from Legato. |
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| Is there documentation I can read? |
OpenVault Application Programmer's Guide, OpenVault Infrastructure Programmer's Guide, and OpenVault Operator's and Administrator's Guide. |
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| What drives and robots are supported? | SmartMedia device plugins can be used with OpenVault. 40 library types and 10 drive types are now supported. |
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| What's this about an IEEE standard? | IEEE 1244 Media Management System is based on OpenVault and has been approved and published. |
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| Who developed IEEE 1244? | Storage Systems Standards Working Group of the IEEE. | |
| Is there an Open Source project? | Yes, on SourceForge , of course. |