Hi Douglas,

STK L700 can mix deferent types of drives and medias.
If you remain DLT8000 medias and drives,
you should define another media type to SDLT media and drive.
If you define DLT8000 and DLTIV medias are "DLT",
you should SDLT320 and SDLT medias are "DLT2".

Current released SDLT320 has only SCSI LVD interface,
If you want to connect it with fibre interface you have to buy
SCSI-FC router ( Storagetek can provide you SN3250 or SN3400).

Regards.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Ritschel [mailto:dritschel62 AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:36 AM
> To: veritas-ng
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] SDLT 320 Drives for StorageTek L700
> 
> 
> We currently have a StorageTek L700 with 2 DLT8000
> drives in it. We have about 120 DLTIV tapes. We want
> to add 4 more drives. SHould we add 4 more DLT8000's
> or add 4 SDLT320 drives. Or trade in the 2 DLT8000's
> and add 6 SDLT320 drives and replace our media with
> SDLT media? 
> 
> Are the SDLT320 as trouble free as the DLT8000's? 
> 
> Do the SDLT320 drives come with scsi or fibre
> connection? 
> 
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