Go to http://search.adsm.org and do a search on LTO. It will pull up the
comments that everyone has made on the list concerning LTOs.

We were considering going to LTO vs upgrading our Magstars, but it turns out
that it would cost twice as much as doing that. Though the drives are cheap,
the libraries certainly aren't.

What kind of Magstar drives are you using? Look at upgrading to the extended
cartridges, if possible.

Lu Ann Mezera wrote:

> We are reaching storage capacity limit in our current MagStar Tape Library.
> We have TSM 3.7 (will upgrade to 4.1 later in the summer).  Our TSM
> environment is in an AIX environment.  We have 6 RS/6000 AIX nodes on an SP
> switch and about 30 NT servers that we back up nightly.
>
> We are looking at upgrading or adding on to our existing library.  One
> option our vendor would like us to consider is the use of a LTO system.  He
> said that although it is not quite as fast our as MagStar the storage
> capacity on the tapes are 100 gig native and 200 gig compressed.  Does
> anyone have any opinions on that?
>
> Thanks.
> Lu Ann Mezera
> Data Center Supervisor
> Lab Safety Supply
> (608) 757-4909 voice
> (608) 757-4652 fax
> l.mezera AT labsafety DOT com

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Dan Giles, Tivoli Certified Consultant - TSM 3.7
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