Would you be willing to comment on the different drives reliability?
Or, in other words, how safe is you data on each of the different
drive types?

Thanks

rick

On 29 Nov 99, at 16:27, Kelly J. Lipp wrote:
>
> Never less than two drives.  A single drive, while it will work, is a pain
> in the neck.
>
> DLT: great capacity, reasonable speed, slow time to access, moderatly
> priced.
> AIT: great capacity, great speed, good to great time to access, great
price.
> 3570: lousy capacity (sorry, I call 'em as I see 'em), great speed, great
> time to access, moderately expensive.
> 3590: lousy capacity, great speed, good to great time to access,
expensive.
>
> I'm strong on AIT.  Great all around product with tons of library support
in
> the marketplace.
>
> Kelly J. Lipp
> Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
> PO Box 51313
> Colorado Springs CO 80949
> 719-531-5926
> www.storsol.com
> lipp AT storsol DOT com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Mahesh Tailor
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 8:39 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Tape Library Recommendation
>
>
> Orin,
>
> Does the 250MB take into account the number of copies you want for each
> file?  Are you going to take tapes off-site?   What size do you think your
> daily incremental backup is going to be? What platform are you [going to
be]
> running ADSM on?
>
> Mahesh
>
> >>> Orin Rehorst <rehorst AT POHA DOT COM> 11/29 10:24 AM >>>
> *       What do you recommend for an entry level library on a limited >
> budget?
> *
> *       I'm > backing up 8 servers and about 15 users. Could go
> conceivably
> up to 10 > servers and 100 users. Max storage of about 250 GB.
>         >
>         > A single tape drive and a small one-drive library?
>         >
>         > A small library with two drives?
>         >
>         > DLT?
>         >
>         > What brand and model(s)?
>         >
>         > TIA
>
> Orin Rehorst
> Port of Houston Authority
> (Largest U.S. Port in foreign tonnage)
> e-mail:  rehorst AT poha DOT com <mailto:rehorst AT poha DOT com>
> Phone:  (713)670-2443
> Fax:      (713)670-2457
> TOPAS web site: www.homestead.com/topas/topas.html
>
>
>


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