Just a thought:
We have some read/write optical libraries in house that are used for
another application, not ADSM.
They have not been nearly reliable enough that I would consider using
them for ADSM.
Be careful who you buy from, whatever you are considering, get real
references.


>----------
>From:  Peter Talajic[SMTP:pmt2f AT uottawa DOT ca]
>Sent:  Thursday, September 12, 1996 11:29 AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject:       Optical Libraries and ADSM
>
>Hello everyone.
>
>Does anyone have experience, suggestions, comments, etc., on the use of
>ADSM
>and Optical Disks?  As I mentioned in an earlier e-mail, we are looking
>into
>new ADSM server hardware, and the subject of read/write optical disks
>came up..
>
>For those in the know, does ADSM treat these disks as truly random
>access
>volumes?  I mean, it does treat them as a type of disk, not as
>sequencial
>media or something equally strange..
>
>Thanks.  Peter.
>