We have this hardware combination, attached to an AIX server.  The P3000 is
a nice robot.  Very solid.  We have had a few problems with the DLT7000
drives, similar to what others have reported.  I believe that IBM
Development is aware of at least some of the DLT issues and are working on
them.  If you like DLT, I think ATL has a good line of robots, they
certainly have the market share, and they seem to have a vision of where to
go in the future.

..Paul

At 01:09 PM 8/12/1999 GMT+1, Hanna Hahne wrote:
>Hallo,
>
>A few weeks ago there was some discussion on this list concerning
>DLT7000 reliability, especially with StorageTek libraries.
>
>We are using DLT4000 for four years now and did not experience any
>problem at all. The oldest library - an ATL 6/176 - has to be
>replaced and we plan to install an ATL P3000 with DLT7000 drives. Can
>anybody an this list comment his/her experience with this type of
>library?
>
>Hanna Hahne
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