Author: "Chad R. Larson" <clarson AT ELDOCOMP DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:28:25 -0700
Ok, some of this won't be right on target to your questions, but we've got a Scalar 458 (two DLT7000 drives, 48 tape slots). It has been very reliable. We've also got an ADIC FastStor (one DLT4000, 7
Author: "Chad R. Larson" <clarson AT ELDOCOMP DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:55:32 -0700
If you carefully read the weasel words on the Ultrium web site, you can divine that the tape cartridge is fully specified. You know, dimensions, tape characteristics, etc. So you can buy a properly l
Author: Davina Treiber <treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 06:41:44 -0500
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:55:32 -0700, Chad R. Larson <clarson AT ELDOCOMP DOT This is the theory, but sadly the reality is that this is not true. Only certain brands of tape will work reliably with Sea
Author: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen AT KVAERNER DOT COM>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 05:38:10 -0500
could Congratulations! That is the first sighting of an interoperability test with interchange of data. Did it work both ways? With and without compression? greetigns, -- Note: To sign off this list,
Author: Davina Treiber <treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 16:06:35 -0500
Sorry, my tests weren't very exhuastive. I was able to read tapes written on Seagate drives, with compression, using an IBM drive. At the time I was more concerned with getting to the bottom of the r
Author: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen AT KVAERNER DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 02:42:36 -0500
one This ability to read each others tapes may be a late development. If my memory is correct, the vendors at least in the early days did not even agree on a common tape speed. greetings, -- Note: To
We're wanting to hear about any experiences you've had with ADIC's Scalar 1000 tape library. Did you consider buying an ADIC library and then change your mind? If you did, why did you not buy the uni
Author: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen AT KVAERNER DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 03:03:42 -0500
We are very pleased with the ones we have and we are planning to expand and buy a second element to increase the number of tapes available online. None of the current generation LTO drives are data c
Author: Daniel Perkins <perkins AT MOSAID DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 09:28:11 -0500
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 16:49:27 -0500, David W. Loveless <duke AT UWO DOT CA> wrote: We have an ADIC 1000 system. It works very well and I would happily buy another. Our ADIC has DLT8000's in it. So I c
Can you expand on your statement? - "None of the current generation LTO drives are data compatible, they can use the same media, but can't exchange data." We've been told that they are compatible. We
Author: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <Tarjei.Jensen AT AKERKVAERNER DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:33:59 -0500
Let me repost what Jean Dion posted today on comp.arch.storage in the thread "Are DLT drives as good as Quantum says?". He may be known on this list as an author of a label printing program. -- 8< --