Abeid,

We are running ADSM/NT V3.1.1.3 with Exabyte 220 and 210 libraries using Mammoth
drives.  They are supported at that level (and I assume higher levels, as well,
but I haven't specifically looked).

I don't know if you already have these drives/libraries or not.  If you haven't
committed to them yet, you might want to look around a little.  We're pretty
happy with the Mammoth drive speed and their capacity but are very unhappy with
their reliability.  We probably push them pretty hard  but we get a drive
failure that is not resolvable with Exabyte cleaning tapes about once per week.
And, most of them are less than a year old.  The key is probably the quantity of
data you'll be pushing through them.

Good luck,

Dennis Schaffer
Mutual of Omaha





Abeid Hamad Al-Habsy <abeid.ahh.habsy AT PDO.CO DOT OM> on 04/27/99 03:10:48 AM

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Subject:  Exabyte 210 & Mammoth drives




We want to expand our ADSM service to include ADSM servers on NT
platform. We also plan to use Exabyte 210 with Mammoth tape drives. The
Mammoth tape drives are not included in the ADSM Supported device list.
Does any one using these tape drives with ADSM ? Any special requirements ?

Regards,
Abeid Hamad Al-Habsy, TCS/11.
Petroleum Development Oman LLC.