A couple of LTO-2 drives would work great. Both Dell and HP sell low-end
tape libraries, or StorageTek/ADIC work great if you want to splurge.

The Mammoth-2 does have a major backhitch problem, but we have been able
to prolong their life by:
1) Ignore the idea of "self-cleaning tapes". Put a cleaning cartridge in
the library and set the cleaning to every 2-3 days. Yep, every 2-3 days.
2) Upgrade the the very latest firmware. They fixed a few of the
problems with backhitching.
3) If you have had a backhitch problem, then probably a number of your
media are already bad and even after you do #1, and #2, they can cause
problems. Identify the tapes that have errors and toss them.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tammie Robertson [mailto:trobertson AT ALLIEDMACHINE DOT COM] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:00 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] New Tape Drive
> 
> I am looking at buying a new tape drive and would like to 
> know what you all think would be best for my environment.
> 
>  
> 
> Legato Networker 7.1
> 
> Win2000 Server with 30 clients (mix of WinNT/XP/2000)
> 
> 750gb total full backup
> 
> Ultra SCSI
> 
> 10/100 Base T
> 
>  
> 
> I would prefer 2 drives.
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>  
> 
> I currently have a Mammoth2 and I blow drives too often. I 
> was told it was because the drive is too fast for my slow 
> network and backhitching is killing the drives.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for any information.
> 
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