Re: SCSI "Y" cable

[Jalapeno <jalapeno1@mac.com>]

[top posting corrected]

In article <412d000f.0205130914.7b517e32@posting.google.com>,
 tshah@mc.cc.md.us (Ms.Geek) wrote:
> Mike Tulloch <mtulloch@no_spam.fit.edu> wrote in message 
> news:<3CDB1D1C.3040706@no_spam.fit.edu>...
> > Ms.Geek wrote:
> > > I just bought a DELL power vault 120T (dlt1 tape drive). I want to try
> > > and hook up two MS clustered servers to this tape drive with a "Y"
> > > SCSI cable so the data gets backed up in the event of one of the node
> > > failing. Has anyone tried this setup before? I am using Veritas Backup
> > > Exec (its cluster aware)> Is this doable? Thanks!
> > 
> > Uhm...how is this A2-related?
> > 
> > Curious,
> > Mike

> It was a mistake to pick the apple2 group. However, the idea was to
> get someone to answer if the "Y" cables can be used or not. You could
> have easilyyy ignored it and not reply at all :-)! Thanks, I guess!
> 

Mike just (not so subtly) redirected you, that's all. How is ignoring an 
off-topic post more helpful than a redirect? Short answer: it isn't.

The nice thing about posting to a newsgroup with the correct topic is 
that your chances of getting the _correct_ answer increase 
substantially. When dealing with hardware, especially, an incorrect 
could cause damage. Caveat emptor applies to advice, too.