Hello,
I would give the top 3 vendors a opportunity to present the solution, you 
will need to consider. ( IBM,SUN\Storage tek, ADIC, etc)
Do you want in future FC attached Tape Lib, can your environment support 
it ?
Can you do remote Tape lib management.
How much is your environment estimated to grow, will the new lib be 
expandable without much intervention ?
Will the lib support Windows\Unix\Linux hosts ?
How wil be support and maintains be handled ? by company or yourself ( i 
would prefer to have full company support)
What might be the power requirement\site requirement, can you meet them 
today or will you need inventment\upgrade infrastructure.
I think the list can go on and on, but think about all the possibilities 
and ask plenty of questions then you can make a reasonable decision.
HTH



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Our backup demands are out growing the usefullness of our HP 1/8 
Autoloader and we are starting to look at libraries with multiple drives. 
I am interested in tape consolidation so I need 3 drives, but don't need a 
ton of slots. Maybe 20-30 roughly. Any suggestions?

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