Hi Paul,
Ever heard of LTO? or SDLT?
These are the two newest tape technologies on the market right now.
LTO is a new tape technology created in a consortium formed by IBM, HP and
Seagate.
And SDLT is the latest product of Quantum Technologies.
For lto you can check out www.lto.org and for the sdlt you can check out
www.quantum.com
Some brief info about these drives:
                                  LTO           SDLT            SDLT320
Speed(MB/sec)          15/30          11/22             16/32
Capacity(GB)            100/200      110/220    160/320

Cheers,

Emre

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Crossman [mailto:pcrossman AT WILDFIRE DOT COM]
Sent: 06 A?ustos 2002 Saly 07:41
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] tape drive technology


Hello all,

I'm currently looking at either augmenting my existing tape stacker, or
purchasing a new tape jukebox, and I'd like to hear from others on the
list that may have recently done this.

Currently I have a 36 slot Compaq tape stacker with 4 DLT7000 drives,
and yes, it is a stacker not a jukebox.

I'd really like to get a real jukebox with entry/exit ports/slots so
that certain things are less of a hassle and I can keep a reasonable
amount of data online and available for restore.

Should I purchase a large DLT jukebox, or switch tape format entirely?
I've been talking with a vendor and they suggest moving to AIT3 tape
technology.

Thoughts?

Paul C.

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