I am using a Spectra-2000 15 tape changer with an AIT-2 drive. I can
recommend it with a couple of caveats:
1. So far it has been reliable on Solaris 8 with a SE SCSI card.
2. Spectra and I have so far been unable to get the tape drive
working on a Dell 1550 with LVD.
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Brandon D. Valentine wrote:
- This is exciting. My department is seriously looking at investing in a
- tape library. I've always wanted one to call my own ;-). So it is with
- this happy news that I turn to you, the most helpful group of tape
- library owners I am aware of.
-
- I am seeking recommendations, testimonials if you will, from people
- succesfully using AIT libraries with amanda. To aid in this, here's a
- bit of background about our current setup and our projected budget &
- storage goals.
-
- We currently use a standalone SDX-300C AIT1 tape drive w/ 35GB tapes.
- We run a 2week long 10tape Daily backup cycle and a Monthly 10tape
- cycle. The Monthly cycle uses skip-incr, record no and chg-manual.
- However, we are rapidly accumulating data beyond what I can
- realistically do a chg-manual, skip-incr dump on.
-
- I am interested in AIT libraries in the 15-16 tape size range. Solid
- compatibility with amanda is a must. We are looking to spend obviously
- as little as possible to get a quality product, but $10k is a very firm
- ceiling and the closer to $5k we can hold the price, the more likely it
- is to get funded. Rackmount is a must, though I'm not so concerned with
- how many RUs it takes up. So far the only products I am really familiar
- with are the Sony LIB-152 & LIB-162 series. I understand that Overland
- Data and several other companies are also making AIT libraries. I'd be
- interested to hear about those. Pros/Cons of them versus the Sony ones,
- etc.
-
- My other question is:
- Does anyone know how backwards compatible AIT2/AIT3 drives are with AIT1
- tapes? The reason I ask is that if the backwards compatibility is good
- I would consider the extra cost of an AIT2 or 3 drive in the library up
- front so that if (and when) the capacity of our existing tapes started
- to become strained I could spring for the relatively cheap upgrade of a
- new round of larger tapes. Those 100GB native capacity AIT3 tapes are
- quite sexy.
-
- Thanks,
-
-
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