Re: overland tape library?
2003-03-19 16:25:36
Big mistake!!!
Alexander Lazarevich wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Does anyone use the Overland Storage Neo 4100 or 4200 LTO-1 tape library
> with TSM 5.1 server?
>
> We are upgrading our tape library and our ADSM server (3.1 -> 5.1), and
> are trying to decide what library to get. We've been looking at the IBM
> 3583-L36 Tape Library, which uses 36 LTO-1 tapes, up to 7TB compressed
> capacity, with two LTO drives, which is gonna cost about 36K.
>
> But I recently found out about Overland storage which sells a product
> called NEO4100, with 3 LTO-1 drives, 60 tape slots, up to 12TB capacity
> compressed, which sells for about 30K.
>
> So it seems like for 6K less we can get almost twice the capacity, with an
> extra drive! That extra drive would totally kick butt. But if Overland
> hardware sucks and breaks and doesn't work well with TSM 5.1, then screw
> it.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Alex
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> Alex Lazarevich | Systems Administrator | Imaging Technology Group
> Beckman Institute - University of Illinois
> alazarev AT itg.uiuc DOT edu | (217)244-1565 | www.itg.uiuc.edu
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