Re: [BBLISA] Tape drives?

2007-07-27 Thread John Stoffel
Scott I'm pricing tape drives for high reliability. Are you pricing just drives, or robotics as well? It's not clear from your request, though all the replies seem to assume it. Scott What vendor and what type do more people trust - Quantum or Scott Dell, or someone else? Also, SDLT or LTO?

[BBLISA] Tape drives?

2007-07-23 Thread Scott R Ehrlich
I'm pricing tape drives for high reliability. What vendor and what type do more people trust - Quantum or Dell, or someone else? Also, SDLT or LTO? Price is not so much an issue as is reliability.I aim for rack mount, but that isn't so important if a suitable tape drive comes along that

RE: [BBLISA] Tape drives?

2007-07-23 Thread Rudie, Tony
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott R Ehrlich Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 12:53 PM To: bblisa@bblisa.org Subject: [BBLISA] Tape drives? I'm pricing tape drives for high reliability. What vendor and what type do more people trust - Quantum or Dell, or someone else

Re: [BBLISA] Tape drives?

2007-07-23 Thread Nicholas Kathmann
I've used the Dells, IBMs, and HPs, and here is what I've found with them. * The HP DLT (forgot which version of the DLT) was always broken or needed cleaning (within a day after cleaning it). If I remember right, these units usually only lasted about 2 years. * The Dell did

Re: [BBLISA] Tape drives?

2007-07-23 Thread Pete Langlois
-- http://www.petelanglois.net On 7/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 3 Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:52:31 -0400 From: Scott R Ehrlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BBLISA] Tape drives? To: bblisa@bblisa.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text