>I'm planning to supplement/replace my current Exabyte 8mm tape libraries
>and drives next year with some form of newer/better (specifically, more
>reliable) technology.  I don't have to make any decisions right now but I
>need to put some money in the budget and am looking for input on $$$.
>
>I'm running four ADSM/Windows NT V3.1.1.3 servers and that number will
>probabably increase by two or three next year.  Each server holds about
>600Gb of backup data and we backup about 55Gb to each server daily.  We
>backup 140 Windows NT and (a few) Macintosh clients.
>
>I'm interested in either smaller libraries that would be dedicated to each
>ADSM server or larger libraries that could be shared by two or more
>servers.
>
>I've reviewed some of the archive messages on this subject and it appears
>that my best choice for reliability (and maybe speed) is IBM 3590 and it
>appears that a few people are doing that (with NT servers) but not many,
>probably due to cost.  Cost may be a factor with us, as well.
>
>The more probable scenario for us, from a cost point of view, is DLT
>technology or possibly AIT.  It appears that STK products seem to be pretty
>popular with the members of this list but there are probably other
>possibilities, as well.
>
>Would anyone be willing to provide recommendations for products that have
>worked well for you?  And, more importantly, can anyone give me a ballpark
>figure for costs of their favorite solutions?
>
>Thanks in advance for your input.
>
>Dennis Schaffer
>Mutual of Omaha