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        IMHO - the Magstar tape and drive itself are good to very good.

        But - the IBM robotics SUCK!  I've had the displeasure of spending many,
many nights nursing ibm robotics (hmmm..bad belts, bad powersupplies, no
powersupplies available for 16 hrs, the VTS is down AGAIN, etc, etc, etc).

        Magstar tape and drives + Storetek robotics (like the old style silo's) 
=
happy storage admin