Yes, this is what I'm asking for opinion on.  The vendor I'm talking
with is pushing AIT3 stuff.  I'm asking for others' opinions on tape
technology.

What have people on this list gone with lately and why?  What drove the
decision?  Price?  The salesperson?  The pile of T-Shirts & Coffee mugs?

I'm interested in hearing about that kind of stuff.  I can read all the
website stuff, but that doesn't give me an admin's "real world"
opinion.  That's what I'm after.

Thanks,
Paul C.

On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 10:49, Emre PEKAR wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> Ever heard of LTO? or SDLT?
> These are the two newest tape technologies on the market right now.
> LTO is a new tape technology created in a consortium formed by IBM, HP and
> Seagate.
> And SDLT is the latest product of Quantum Technologies.
> For lto you can check out www.lto.org and for the sdlt you can check out
> www.quantum.com
> Some brief info about these drives:
>                                   LTO           SDLT          SDLT320
> Speed(MB/sec)          15/30          11/22           16/32
> Capacity(GB)            100/200      110/220  160/320
>
> Cheers,
>
> Emre
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Crossman [mailto:pcrossman AT WILDFIRE DOT COM]
> Sent: 06 A?ustos 2002 Saly 07:41
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] tape drive technology
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm currently looking at either augmenting my existing tape stacker, or
> purchasing a new tape jukebox, and I'd like to hear from others on the
> list that may have recently done this.
>
> Currently I have a 36 slot Compaq tape stacker with 4 DLT7000 drives,
> and yes, it is a stacker not a jukebox.
>
> I'd really like to get a real jukebox with entry/exit ports/slots so
> that certain things are less of a hassle and I can keep a reasonable
> amount of data online and available for restore.
>
> Should I purchase a large DLT jukebox, or switch tape format entirely?
> I've been talking with a vendor and they suggest moving to AIT3 tape
> technology.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Paul C.
>
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