So if i want to use backupexec's NDMP option and smvi to take backups from the netapp (combination of cifs shares, and VM's), does the tape drive have to be fiber (or iSCSI) attached to the netapp ...

Have a project coming up where we need to provision up to 5tb of disk for a bunch (or a single large?!) MS SQL database.<BR><BR>It's for a web application and will be light/low usage just over time ...