ADSM-L

Re: Tape Drive / Library Recommendations

1999-09-07 07:36:00
Subject: Re: Tape Drive / Library Recommendations
From: Jason Howard <jason.howard AT MINDSPRING DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 06:36:00 -0500
Neil,

We are currently using an ADIC Scalar 1000 with AIT-1 drives.  We ran into a
problem with ADSM/AIT where during a tape copy, ADSM tries to mount the source
tape as Read Only.  There is a bug that is fixed in 3.1.2.41 code.  After we
updated the code to 3.1.2.41 we have had nothing but success and love the speed
and mount time.

Jason Howard
Systems Consultant
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
jhoward AT bcbsal DOT org
205-444-6203


Neil Schofield wrote:

> Can anoybody help me with some advice about choosing a new tape library?
>
> We implemented ADSM at the start of the year using two StorageTek
> Timberwolf 9710 libraries (238 slots) each containing 6 DLT7000 tape
> drives.
>
> I've been very pleased with ADSM, found the StorageTek completely reliable
> but have had various problems with the DLT7000 drives.
>
> We are now looking at implementing another two ADSM installations and I
> need two more libraries. My first thought was to buy the same again, but
> after doing some investigation there seem to be a lot of reasons to choose
> differently.
>
> I've been particularly impressed with the AIT-2 option. On the surface it
> looks like I could buy a similarly configured ADIC Scalar 1000 library with
> 6 AIT-2 tape drives for a less money, but offering very similar
> performance.
>
> I'd be particularly interested in hearing of people's experience (good or
> bad) of either the ADIC libraries or the AIT-2 drives. What are their
> strengths and weaknesses compared to STK/DLT7000?
>
> Thanks
> Neil Schofield
>
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