I've been told demand as fallen for SDLT. Sales of SDLT 600 are below 5% of
LTO-3.
 
Jim

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Jonathan (Contractor)
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] SDLT 600 vs LTO3 ?!


Does anyone have any guidance on this issue or interaction with both types
of drives?  We're looking into upgrading our aging quantum library here and
trying to put together a business case for one over the other.  I like the
800GB per tape and higher transfer speeds of LTO3, but being an SDLT220 shop
now, I'm keen on the SDLT 600 backwards compatibility.  I haven't priced
tapes yet, but that could also be a determining factor.  Any real world
horror stories or analysis anyone had done would be appreciated.  >From what
I gather reading the list mostly everyone has gone LTO / I don't think I've
seen SDLT 600 mentioned once!?
 
-Jonathan

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