Hi, 
May I ask, are you satisfied with the Path to tape option? It is worth to
loose one fiber optic to do the duplications? 
As I see it, having one dedicated media server for duplication and not using
one dedicate fiber for path to tape is more efficient. 

What I like at DXi7500 id the ability to duplicate to another DXi with the
knowledge of NBU (with the latest firmware.)

stefanos

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I love the L700's, but after doing a lot of research last year I found that
Storage-Tek was falling behind the technologies.  The front runners for me
was SpectraLogic, and Quantum/ADIC.  We ended up with an Quantum i2000 with
10 LTO4's and 200 slots with plenty of room for future expansion by adding
additional bays.  The SpectraLogic was a very close second and we went with
Quantum because we have a DXi7500 that worked well with it using Direct
Path-To-Tape. The SL3000 wasn't yet available, but from what we were told it
wasn't going to have all the features we liked in the others.

Either way, I'd definitely suggest looking around.

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