We don't use one with AlphaStor, but connect to a 7+ year old L700 instead.  
Most of your concerns are in-line with mine though.

I just looked at the SL500 site, and it does not mention ACSLS (which would 
make it AlphaStor compatible).  The older L500 had that as an option, but this 
version is instead touting the ability to partition it into multiple libraries 
(I'd guess by media type), which removes the main purpose of AS.

What do you use AlphaStor for, if you don't mind my asking?  In our case its 
for true mixed media in a library that you can't partition, plus the ease of 
automated tape movement with *very* few scripts and almost 100% certainty.

--TSK
Tim Kimball, Sungard/BRASS



Jon Fraley wrote:
> Networker 7.3.3
> Alphastor 3.1.1
> 
> We are doing a complete upgrade of our backup infrastructure.  One of
> the new components is a StorageTek SL500.  We have since found out the
> SL500 is not in the support matrix for Alphastor. We are aware that
> Alphastor will be going EOL.  Also we will be upgrading Networker around
> years end.  
> 
> My questions are; Is anyone using the SL500 with Alphastor?  And if we
> can't, what's the best way to manage importing/exporting of tapes?  We
> have always had Alphastor in our environment.
> 
> Thanks -- Jon
> 


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