Paul,
For me, the primary factors that led me to choose AIT were
its comparatively lower cost and its physically smaller form. I
was basically facing the same issues you mentioned when I
made the switch from DLT to AIT. Despite its 8mm heritage, it's
worked like a champ, though I'm sure the library has a lot to do
with that. It's performed as good if not better than I expected and
given some great capacity numbers. Of some 1500 cartridges,
only 1 was "bad" out of the box and 1 other was lost in a drive --
it got stuck and the FE never returned it when it got unstuck.
I project sticking with AIT for the next 3-5 years, but will probably
have some other tape technology on hand as well. Management
here is hinting at LTO and I have to admit that there must be
something to the half-inch form factor. I've heard that even the
SuperAIT technology is based on half-inch. Looking forward, I see
the ongoing costs of constantly changing media types (i.e. DLTIII
to DLTIV, AIT-2 to AIT-3, plus whatever comes next) tempering my
allegiance to the current AIT format. I'm happy for now though.
Terry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Crossman [SMTP:pcrossman AT WILDFIRE DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 9:07 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] tape drive technology
>
> 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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