George, Isn't the Quantum I500 now a rebranded ADIC I500? Or is it not? I
don't know.
Is the ADIC listed in compatibility guide?
Randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Sinclair" <George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV>
To: <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:37 PM
Subject: [Networker] Using tape libraries not listed in Legato's
compatibility guide?
Hi,
How important is it that a tape library be listed in Legato's hardware
compatibility guide?
I was looking at a Quantum I500 series library with LTO-3, but it's not
listed in this document, but, of course, LTO-3 is largely supported.
Obviously, Legato can't test everything, but it is comforting to know you
have something that they
have officially sanctioned. Thing is, though, that a lot of the libraries
listed are now EOL. Seems a lot of newer stuff is out there now but may
not be on the list.
I like the concept of the stackable libraries since they allow you to add
on and are rack mountable, but the one thing that can burn you is that if
the manufacturer EOLs the product - never mind the fact that they may
support it for several more years after that - you can't buy another
chassis. And because you can't purchase another chassis, you can't add any
more drives unless your existing chassis can take more. Seems many of the
smaller ones will only take 2 drives each, so there's a good chance you'll
already be maxed out, so I like the I500 since you add in 9U increments;
it scales to larger increments, so if we get the base chassis (2 drives,
36 slots), we can also buy a 9U add-on that can support another 4 drives
and up to 92 more slots. So, if the product is later EOL, we can still add
4 more drives. The Quantum PX502 and some of the other models only allow 2
drives max per chassis, so you'd have to buy a lot of empty chassis
upfront to be be covered.
George
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