Tape drive recomendations

I am running TSM 5.1 on a Windows 2K server and am in the process of
replacing my tape library.  The drives that I have been looking at are
LTO, LTO-2, AIT-3, and S-AIT.  I know, LTO-2 and S-AIT are not yet
available, but they will be soon.

When looking at the specifications.  S-AIT looks really good. But, will
TSM support S-AIT?  And what about the Microchip in the cassette?  I
don't believe that TSM is supporting this feature, therefore;
performance is not going to measure up to Sony's specs.

Any thoughts, suggestions, or recommendations?

Thanks for your input.


Dean Winger
Network Administrator
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
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