Hi Chris,

I can give you my opinion only, and I'll tell you - I have a lot more
experience with LTO than AIT3, and find LTO very good. Especially good
capacity, and fast data transfer. Downside to LTO is perhaps cost of drives
and tapes. (I don't know the cost of AIT drives/tapes.)
As for ADIC Scalar 100, and IBM3583 - they're the same library, with
different firmware, and different front panels. They are basically the very
same library. Both libraries are, in my experience, very stable, and a good
choice for a medium sized library, and very scalable. One thing to watch out
for with TSM and these libs; If you're checking in/out tapes regularly
to/from the library - buy the 12 slot I/O station version (you'll get tired
of checking tapes out, one by one). There are a few things to be aware of
with drivers etc. on the windows-platform, but nothing that can't be done in
30 min.

Well, that's my view on it - hope it helps.

Rgds
Geirr G. Halvorsen




-----Original Message-----
From: Christoph Pilgram
[mailto:Christoph.Pilgram AT BC.BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM DOT COM]
Sent: 28. januar 2003 11:03
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: AIT3 vs LTO


Hi all,

we plan to set up an archiving-system with TSM.

Does anybody can give me some pros or cons for AIT3 versus LTO.
Can anybody tell me something about his experience with EDIC Scala 100 and
IBM 3583.

Thanks for any help

Chris

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG
IT Department

Email : Christoph.Pilgram AT bc.boehringer-ingelheim DOT com