AIT4 and SAIT are two completely different formats.  AIT has a continuing
roadmap to AIT6+, meaning AIT4 and future versions will also be 8mm.  SAIT
is 1/2" and the next version will be SAIT2.  Just wanted to make sure there
wasn't confusion, AIT4 and SAIT are *not* the same. :)

I'm curious how 9940B will save money over LTO2?  I believe both are the
same capacity (200GB native) and both come with support so if there is a
failure it will be replaced.  What am I missing. :)  Also the LTO's I have
are native FC and run 24 hours a day, we have had very few issues.

My 2 cents...

Steve Curry
Storage Ops
Yahoo! Inc.
http://www.yahoo.com


-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Jimh
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 5:48 PM
To: 'Johnny Oestergaard'; 'Gautier LEBLANC'; 'Li, Jackie (Yanhui)';
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Subject: RE: RE : [Veritas-bu] LTO generation 2


AIT-3 are 8mm tapes and not compatible with anything but AIT libraries.

AIT-4 or SAIT are suppose to be 1/2" (not sure if they're available yet)
I heard(the drives) they are a little larger than DLT drives so they may
or maynot work with StorageTek.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Johnny
Oestergaard
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:07 PM
To: Gautier LEBLANC; 'Li, Jackie (Yanhui)';
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Subject: RE : [Veritas-bu] LTO generation 2


I don't know anything about the AIT-3 drives, but I don't think they can
be
used in a L700 library.

And I think that people that use 9940B wouldn't trade them for any other

drive. They are rock solid and stable. Haven't had a restore error on
them
(or the 9940A) and we have used them since they came to the market.

But they cost more then a LTO2 drives. At least "up front". In the long
run
the 9940B will save you money over the LTO2 drives.
And if you have large tapepools I know of installations that even ended
up
paying less for a 9940B solution compared to LTO2 based only on the
initial
investment.

And if you are planning to had your tapedrives running 24 hours a day
LTO2
(and all other drives except 9840 and 3590) will take that kind of load
in
the long run.

Another great thing about the 9940B's (and also 9840B's) are that you
can
get them in native FC versions. No SCSI to FC bridge.

/johnny



At 20:34 04-09-2003 +0200, Gautier LEBLANC wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Waht do you think about AIT-3 ?
>
>thanks
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] De la part de
> > Johnny Oestergaard Envoyé : jeudi 4 septembre 2003 19:07
> > À : Li, Jackie (Yanhui); veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Objet : Re: [Veritas-bu] LTO generation 2
> >
> >
> > I think it's a good combination.
> > I would say that IBM LTO2 is the second best tapedrive you can get,
> > if what you need is high capacity (I would say that 9940B's are the
> > best drives)
> >
> > /johnny
> >
> > At 09:32 04-09-2003 -0700, Li, Jackie (Yanhui) wrote:
> >
> > >We are planning to buy STK L700 with IBM Fiber Channel LTO
> > generation 2
> > >tape drive, I would like to hear your opinion about the LTO 2 tape
> > >drive.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Jackie
> > >
> > >
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