We did a similar exercise a few years ago to consider a successor to the 
L700.  I looked in detail at a number of libraries available at the time, 
and we chose what was then the ADIC Scalar i2000 - now Quantum.   We had 
collated reqirements and scored them before asking for information from 
vendors, which turned out a good thing as we had hard evidence to fend off 
vendors who went straight to the CIO when not selected.

If you contact me off-list I might be able to find more information about 
what other libraries we looked at and why we did not select them.  I 
recall the i2000 was way ahead of many in terms of the capability of the 
GUI.   Compared to the L700 (and we still have quite a few of them) it's 
in a different league.  I don't think the SL3000 was around when we 
looked, only the SL8500.  Of course vendors don't stand still, so features 
they lacked when we looked may be sorted now.

William D L Brown


veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu wrote on 07/08/2009 16:34:10:

> Looking for info on comparisons between tape robot technology. 
> We've been using a Sun/Storagetek L700 for about seven years.  It's 
> been running spectacularly.  We're getting ready to add a second 
> robot and we're looking at a Sun/Storagetek SL3000 with eight LTO4 
> drives.  My CIO asked me if I had looked at competitive robots and I
> had to answer no, and now I'm being asked to do due diligence, but 
> I'd prefer not contacting new resellers, as then my phone will be 
> ringing nonstop......
> 
> I'd be happy to solicit opinions from the mailing group though........
> 
> Links to any info on this topic would also be appreciated, as 
> cursory google's didn't yield much.
> 
> Thanks,
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