Marc -

I'm certainly interested in what you wind up with.  At lot of
your answers are going to depend on how much data you're backing
up for how many clients in what time window, and what your
restore requirements are.

I've been happy with my H70 and .5GB RAM, but the 35GB I've got
on it is just slightly cramped for the way I'm running things.
We've got an IBM 7337 library, with 2 DLT7000s - that's just not
enough drives (though I don't have a problem with their capacity
or, usually, with the speed).  I definitely am looking at larger
libraries with more drives, though plan to stick with the
DLT7000s until convinced otherwise.

I haven't had any direct experience with AIT, and I'm happy
enough for the moment with DLT that I'm not going to jump to a
new technology until it's pervasive.  YMMV.

Good luck!

--paw
>  Hello All,
>  Hello All,
>
>  I am tasked with the responsibility of developing a proposal for a new ADSM
>  server.  Presently, we have an IBM J40 w/ 256 MB ram, 25 GB of disk
>  storage.  We are using dlt2000 drives.
>
>  What I would like to poll from you all is:  What IBM AIX box you would use
>  and what tape technology you would use.  I have gotten info on dlt8000's
>  and the ait drives.  Are there others I should be considering?  What are
>  people using today.
>
>  Thanks for your input and I have learned a lot from being on this list.
>
>  I will share the results if anyone is interested.
>
>  Marc Taylor
>  ===============================
>  Marc D. Taylor
>  Research Programmer
>  Beckman Institute Systems Services
>  Room 1714
>  Office:  217-244-7373, Fax:  217-333-8206
>  mdtaylor AT uiuc DOT edu
>  www.beckman.uiuc.edu/groups/biss