Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-7 library question (planning purchase)

2017-12-01 Thread itlinux_igtp
Will do, as excluding the maintenance costs the library works fine. After watching the technicians replace the robot arm two times, I suspect that the enclosure might be at fault as installing the new arm seemed was never smooth. I agree that given the history of this library, I'm not keen of

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-7 library question (planning purchase)

2017-11-30 Thread Alan Brown
On 30/11/17 16:18, itlinux_igtp wrote: Hi Alan, That was my initial plan, to just add two LTO7 drives to the current setup, however, the providers I contacted said drive cost was like 90% of the library and the current maintenance costs for the i80 are currently over 2500 euros a year, and I

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-7 library question (planning purchase)

2017-11-30 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On 2017-11-30 10:18, itlinux_igtp wrote: I'll check again with the providers I have to get an exact quote, maybe this will be cheaper. You might want to keep the old one anyway since LTOs are only guaranteed-compatible 2 generations back and your LTO-8 might refuse to restore LTO-5 tapes.

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-7 library question (planning purchase)

2017-11-30 Thread itlinux_igtp
Hi Alan, That was my initial plan, to just add two LTO7 drives to the current setup, however, the providers I contacted said drive cost was like 90% of the library and the current maintenance costs for the i80 are currently over 2500 euros a year, and I had to replace two robotic arms

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-7 library question (planning purchase)

2017-11-30 Thread Alan Brown
On 30/11/17 15:13, itlinux_igtp wrote: Dear List, We've been using Bacula with a quantum i80 dual drive LTO-5 library for a while now, and it has been working great since we deployed a bit more than three years ago. I have to thank the developers for creating and releasing such a great

Re: [Bacula-users] LTO-7 library question (planning purchase)

2017-11-30 Thread itlinux_igtp
Sorry about the double post, I could not see the first one in the sourceforge page and assumed there was an issue with our mail system... Regards, Iñaki. On 11/30/2017 04:13 PM, itlinux_igtp wrote: Dear List, We've been using Bacula  with a quantum i80 dual drive LTO-5 library for a while

[Bacula-users] LTO-7 library question (planning purchase)

2017-11-30 Thread itlinux_igtp
Dear List, We've been using Bacula  with a quantum i80 dual drive LTO-5 library for a while now, and it has been working great since we deployed a bit more than three years ago. I have to thank the developers for creating and releasing such a great tool. It has been rock solid and improved

[Bacula-users] LTO-7 library question (planning purchase)

2017-11-30 Thread itlinux_igtp
Dear List, We've been using Bacula  with a quantum i80 dual drive LTO-5 library for a while now, and it has worked great so far for more than three years. I have to thank the developers for creating and releasing such a great tool as it has been rock solid and improved the speed of our