We tested an ATL228 and found it to be very reliable. In fact I would
have chosen it except that we are heavily saturated with StorageTek
Libraries.  ATL's do have a slower tape mount time than what we ended up
going with.
We opted for the rackmount STK 9730 which ADSM has NOT written device
driver support for as of yet.
ATL has a rackmount 30 slot 4 drive dlt 4000 called a P1000 I believe.

Good luck!
CR


__________________________
Cris Robinson
Sr. Telecommunications Analyst
Technical Support
Liberty Mutual Insurance
cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com
(603) 431-8400 Ext. 54837


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Thorneycroft [SMTP:dthorneycroft AT LACSD DOT ORG]
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 1997 2:10 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      experiance with ATL automated tape library procucts
>
> We are considering purchasing a DLT228 High Performance Automated Tape
> Library.
>
> Any information on performance and reliablility from ATL users would
> be
> appreciated.