Re: Tape Library Recommendation
1999-11-30 10:50:24
I was going suggest something similiar.
We recently traded in some 9730's towards
a 9740.
It was kinda like trading your car. Fewer hassles but
you get shortchanged on the value of the old equipment.
If I had a buyer I would have sold them to someone else.
Good luck!
CR
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vern Maxson [SMTP:vmlist AT YAHOO DOT COM]
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 9:35 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Tape Library Recommendation
This recommendation may be distasteful to some, but it
might be the right move for others. If you have a
limited budget, you might consider used equipment.
Granted, it is older technology, but it can get you
started for a lot less than new equipment. For
example, we have outgrown our Exabyte-480 and are
planning to sell it in a few weeks. It has four 8mm
tape drives, 80 slots, and about 2 terrabytes capacity
(which means about 1 terrabyte if you save room for
copy tapes, database backup tapes, empty tapes,
colocation, growth, etc.). Having four tape drives
has really been nice. We pay about $3,000/yr in
maintenance for the RS/6000, 40Gb disk, and the
Exabyte 480. I don't know what the EXB-480 ( $30,000
new, 5 yrs old. ) is worth today ( $5,000? ), but it
might be the right solution for someone. I use this
only as an example. Only you can decide what
equipment is right for you.
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