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[Veritas-bu] ADIC Scalar 1000 Tape Libraries

2001-05-09 00:43:56
Subject: [Veritas-bu] ADIC Scalar 1000 Tape Libraries
From: curtis AT backupcentral DOT com (W. Curtis Preston)
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 21:43:56 -0700
That's an AIT thing, not a SCALAR thing.  It's one of the reasons that I 
don't use AITs for heterogeneous SANs.  My requests to SONY to give me a 
Least Common Demoninator DIP switch setting have never received a response.

At 10:56 PM 5/8/2001 -0500, Ayaz Mudarris wrote:
>What I don't like is a different  dip switch setting for each OS on the
>drives.
>
>Ayaz
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> > [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of W. 
> > Curtis
> > Preston
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 1:55 PM
> > To: David A. Chapa; Dennis Dwyer
> > Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] ADIC Scalar 1000 Tape Libraries
> >
> >
> > 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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