LTO is the most commonly used tape drive technology among Amanda users. Last year we conducted an extensive survey of Amanda usage and almost 40% of respondents said they use LTO tape drives: http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Results_of_Amanda_Users_Survey_2006
Regards ------------- Dmitri Joukovski -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Pearson Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: LTO3 / LTO4 autoloader We've been using a HP 2024 LTO3 autoloader (24 slot) for about 1 year now. It's been reliable and damn quick (50MB a sec on average). Controlled by amanda with help from chg-ztx and mtx Runs pretty much without intervention, just like all good backup systems. --- AlanP On 7 Nov 2007, at 15:53, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > > > Jean-Francois Malouin wrote: >> * Marc Muehlfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> [20071107 05:50]: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm currently thinking about buying a LTO3 or LTO4 autoloader, >>> because my old Superloader 1280 DLT seams to die soon. >>> >>> What are your experiences with amanda/mtx and LTO3/LTO4 drives/ >>> autoloaders? Any suggestions? >>> >> >> I have good performance with the overland arcvault24 with 2 x lto-3. >> Just make sure that the server can handle the i/o to the drives. LTO4 >> is a hungry little beast, have plenty of holddisk! I have 2 SATA 1TB >> disks in a logical volume with big stripes just for that. > > I know there are lots of people using LTO and happy with it. > > Just wanted to note that I have been very happy with my AIT5. So, > if you are switching types anyway, I think it is worth taking a > look at AIT5. I made the jump from individual DDS/3 on all servers, > so I had no commitment and looked at everything. The choice of AIT5 > vs. LTO4 is really separate from particular vendor and library. > > I was also extremely price conscious in my choices, so I looked at > Overland and liked them, but couldn't come up with the budget to > buy one. My LIB-162 from Sony is a carousel changer, which is > mechanically simpler than the robots. So it was less expensive, and > I'm hoping that it will be more reliable in the long run when I'm > out of the 3 year warranty and my department fails to come up with > any kind of service contracts. ;-) > > > --------------- > > Chris Hoogendyk > > - > O__ ---- Systems Administrator > c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments > (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center > ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --------------- > Erdös 4 > >
