I wouldn't say that.  If you have a very narrow backup window and a lot of
data, you should definitely consider STK.  There are *many* more
considerations other than write time. 


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Mickeler [mailto:steve AT warning DOT ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 5:19 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu


Unless you will be using your LTO drive more than 15 hours per day, no
need to go with the 9840 or 9940




On Tue, 13 May 2003, Quarantine wrote:

> StorageTek 9840/9940.  Still don't think there's anything faster out
there.
>
> Matt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl.Rossing AT Federated DOT CA [mailto:Karl.Rossing AT Federated DOT 
> CA]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 5:01 PM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>
> I'm looking into a new tape library. I've done a media analysis of
> Mammoth, Mammoth2, SDLT, SDLT320, LTO and LTO2.
>
> So far LTO2 is winning out on Cost/GB and write speed(reliability will be
> a question for another day).
>
> I'm wondering if there are other media types that i should consider?
>
> Thanks,
> Karl
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