Re: Type of LTO-4 Encryption

[William.Epperson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

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??

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Turkeltaub, Dan <turkd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Pete,
>
> According to HP, it's 256-bit AES-GCM.
>
> Regards,
> Dan Turkeltaub
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