I've been _really_ happy with it; reliability in my 10-slot library has
been excellent for over a year. I'm surprised anyone is having trouble getting
cleaning cartridges; granted, I'm on AIT-1, but all the resellers I'm dealing
with have them in stock most of the time and are happy to ship them to
me.
* Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001013 11:24]:
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
> > After attending the seminar on Enterprise Backup and Recovery yesterday,
> > with W. Curtis Preston, I'm now very interested in AIT.
>
> It certainly seems to have some advantages. Compact form factor, high
> capacity, that nifty flash ROM chip, and the tape take-up spool is in the
> cartridge (unlike DLT, which has the take-up spool in the drive itself, making
> removal of tapes from a failed/stuck drive difficult). But again, theory and
> practice are often worlds apart...
>
> One thing that bothers me is that Sony seems really hesitant to sell you a
> cleaning cartridge for the drives. Yeah, yeah, I've read the claims that it
> doesn't need one. Bull. Unless you're operating in a clean room, you are
> going to have contaminates getting into the drive. Over time, they're going
> to build up on the head and start impacting performance. Eventually, it
> *will* happen. I want to be able to clean the drive when it does.
>
> Anyone on this list have any real world experience with AIT? I haven't
> dealt with them very much. Had a couple stuck tapes (wouldn't eject), but we
> got them out without too much trouble, and they have been fine since.
>
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Karl J. Runge wrote:
> > If you know off the top of your head, what is the rough (i.e. within a
> > factor of 2) price range for these 40-50GB tape drives?
>
> I think our prices are about $4400 for a 40GB native DLT4 drive, and about
> $3500 for a 50GB native AIT2 drive. Call for exact pricing (I have to say
> that). Media isn't cheap -- between $75 to $100 per tape, with discounts for
> multi-pack purchases.
>
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