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We looked really hard at this system, and we almost bought the Spectra
Logic. But we ended up going with the IBM3584 due to the direct attach
fibre drives. That really turned out to be the best way for us. We also
liked the fact that it was far more scalable than the Spectra line (we were
looking at the T120, though). The one thing that really made our decision,
though was the use of the QIP cards to convert from SCSI to FibreChannel. I
really felt this was a real possible failure point, that in our environment
could be problematic. So ... we got the 3584, and we LOVE IT! I'm trading
in the LTO2 drives for LTO3 when NBU6 comes out. You might want to know
that they do not yet support the LTO3 drives, according to their SE's.
Hope this helps!
Jennifer
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From: Alley, Chris [mailto:CAlley AT kforce DOT com]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:38 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Spectra Logic T950
We are looking to replace our tape libraries and have been looking at the
Spectra T950 with LTO3 drives. I wanted to see if anyone is running this
library (with any LTO generation) and what their feelings were towards it.
To let you know some of the others we are looking at, the ADIC i2000,
StorageTek L1400M, HP ESL 712e, and the IBM 3584. Thanks in advance!
Chris Alley, MCSE
Enterprise Storage
813-552-1388
CAlley AT kforce DOT com
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color=#000080 size=2>We looked really hard at this system, and we almost bought
the Spectra Logic. But we ended up going with the IBM3584 due to the
direct attach fibre drives. That really turned out to be the best way for
us. We also liked the fact that it was far more scalable than the Spectra
line (we were looking at the T120, though). The one thing that really
made
our decision, though was the use of the QIP cards to convert from SCSI to
FibreChannel. I really felt this was a real possible failure point, that
in our environment could be problematic. So ... we got the 3584, and we
LOVE IT! I'm trading in the LTO2 drives for LTO3 when NBU6 comes
out. You might want to know that they do not yet support the LTO3 drives,
according to their SE's.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Alley, Chris [mailto:CAlley AT kforce DOT
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Spectra Logic
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looking to replace our tape libraries and have been looking at the Spectra T950
with LTO3 drives. I wanted to see if anyone is running this library (with
any LTO generation) and what their feelings were towards it. To let you
know some of the others we are looking at, the ADIC i2000, StorageTek L1400M,
HP
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