Hello,
One additional note, some of the manufacturers only use re-branded tape 
lib, so if you think you are buying HP you may be getting "ADIC" ( not 
that its a bat thing) so if you like support from particular vendor that 
might be compelling reason for buying from them.
Thanks



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EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
03/03/2008 09:04:03 AM:

> Our backup demands are out growing the usefullness of our HP 1/8 
> Autoloader and we are starting to look at libraries with multiple 
> drives. I am interested in tape consolidation so I need 3 drives, 
> but don't need a ton of slots. Maybe 20-30 roughly. Any suggestions?

We use an HP MSL 5052, 4 SDLT drives, 48 slots, cinnected via fiber to our 

SAN.

Me, I'd throw the thing out, and switch to a LTO-3 or LTO-4 library. I get 

more tape errors, and aggravation, from this library than I had with years 

of LTO tapes in HP or Dell 8 tape autochangers.

However, I may just be bitter and having a bad day, so ... :-)

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