ADSM-L

Re: Tape Drive / Library Recommendations

1999-09-07 10:34:26
Subject: Re: Tape Drive / Library Recommendations
From: arhoads <arhoads AT PACBELL DOT NET>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 07:34:26 -0700
Neil,

You'll find you only need one 3494 library and the 3590e tape drives are
the fastest on the market.

Steffan

Neil Schofield wrote:
>
> Can anoybody help me with some advice about choosing a new tape library?
>
> We implemented ADSM at the start of the year using two StorageTek
> Timberwolf 9710 libraries (238 slots) each containing 6 DLT7000 tape
> drives.
>
> I've been very pleased with ADSM, found the StorageTek completely reliable
> but have had various problems with the DLT7000 drives.
>
> We are now looking at implementing another two ADSM installations and I
> need two more libraries. My first thought was to buy the same again, but
> after doing some investigation there seem to be a lot of reasons to choose
> differently.
>
> I've been particularly impressed with the AIT-2 option. On the surface it
> looks like I could buy a similarly configured ADIC Scalar 1000 library with
> 6 AIT-2 tape drives for a less money, but offering very similar
> performance.
>
> I'd be particularly interested in hearing of people's experience (good or
> bad) of either the ADIC libraries or the AIT-2 drives. What are their
> strengths and weaknesses compared to STK/DLT7000?
>
> Thanks
> Neil Schofield
>
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