I am planning to purchase a Tape Library soon and have narrowed
the selection down to the SUN/STK SL500 and the Quantum i500 both with LTO
drives connected via FC.
I currently have a STK L80 and a Windows Master that will be
upgraded to Netbackup 6.5 from 5.x.
Objective:
I am looking for something that is scalable (we can start
with 6 drives and scale up as needed).
A product that the vendor is committed too meaning the End
of Life date isn’t around the corner.
A library that will last 3 to 5yrs.
thanks