A agree.  Scalar 1000 good. ;)

What I really like is its scalability.  You can start with ~250 slots, and 
expand up to ~1000.  You can also get the option of adding more drives as 
you buy more cabinets.

I've had good experiences with them at several clients.

At 11:34 AM 5/8/2001 -0700, David A. Chapa wrote:
>One of my larger clients just installed a four cabinet
>12 DLT8000 drive unit.  Price/Performance, this is a
>real good unit.  I think ADIC has done a very good job
>with this aquisition.
>
>Dennis, if you check the archives of this list, I
>believe you'll find some discussions on this topic that
>might prove helpful to you.
>
>David
>
>Quoting Dennis Dwyer <dfdwyer AT tecoenergy DOT com>:
>
> > Anybody out there have any experience (good or bad)
>with ADIC Scalar 1000
> > DLT tape libraries (with or without expansion
>modules)? I'm going to look
> > at them when I begin looking for a replacement to my
>current, smaller,
> > library. I especially interested in integrating it
>with an already existing
> > NetBackup environment.
> >
> > My current environment is:
> >
> > NetBackup 3.2GA
> > Sun E450 Master (no media servers)
> > ATL7100 robotic library.
> >
> > Any and all information would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dennis
> >
> > Quote: "Time is not a test of the truth"
> > Translation: Just because you've always done it that
>way, doesn't make it
> > right
> >
> > Dennis F. Dwyer
> > Enterprise Storage Manager
> > Tampa Electric Company
> >
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> >
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