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[Veritas-bu] StorageTek T9940 Drive

2002-04-24 14:36:23
Subject: [Veritas-bu] StorageTek T9940 Drive
From: joe AT joe DOT net (Johnny Oestergaard)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:36:23 +0200
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We use 9940.
It's a great drive. You can count on it all the time.
Performance is good, no tape errors, no mount errors.
Mount time is not the same as 9840 but in our installation that doesn't 
matter. Or at least mount time on 9940 is not a problem for us.

If I where you I would take 9940 and get an option that StorageTek will 
upgrade them to 9940B when they come around.

Our account-manager says that he expect that there will be an upgrade price 
(but they change the drives)
We don't need to get new tapes and 9940B should take 200 GB uncompressed if 
I remember right.

I don't think you can find better drives then STK9840 and STK9940.

We have had the 9940 since they came on the market.

/johnny

At 12:05 22-04-2002 -0600, you wrote:

>Anybody using it out there?  Any opinions?
>
>We're looking at an L700e with 10 of them.
>
>ST might deliver the 9940B, it's in beta now but might be gold by delivery.
>
>-Mark

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We use 9940.<br>
It's a great drive. You can count on it all the time.<br>
Performance is good, no tape errors, no mount errors.<br>
Mount time is not the same as 9840 but in our installation that doesn't
matter. Or at least mount time on 9940 is not a problem for us.<br><br>
If I where you I would take 9940 and get an option that StorageTek will
upgrade them to 9940B when they come around.<br><br>
Our account-manager says that he expect that there will be an upgrade
price (but they change the drives)<br>
We don't need to get new tapes and 9940B should take 200 GB uncompressed
if I remember right.<br><br>
I don't think you can find better drives then STK9840 and
STK9940.<br><br>
We have had the 9940 since they came on the market.<br><br>
/johnny<br><br>
At 12:05 22-04-2002 -0600, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font size=2>Anybody using it out
there?&nbsp; Any opinions?</font> <br><br>
<font size=2>We're looking at an L700e with 10 of them.</font> <br><br>
<font size=2>ST might deliver the 9940B, it's in beta now but might be
gold by delivery.</font> <br><br>
<font size=2>-Mark</font> </blockquote></html>

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