Re: AIT tape loaders-any real world experiences?
FWIW, a guy a Seagate told me they've found that tapes wear pretty quickly in these things and that I should probably be replacing them more often than I am. We cycle four different magazines through this thing and I was just about to replace them when one got eaten. A production set of DAT tapes normally last us a year so I figured that AIT's would too. Guess I was wrong! :-) (Sorry for the slow response...) Let me just ask you, we're looking into getting an AIT, isn't it Sony that are doing all the technology stuff and other brands, like Seagate and LaCie put Sonys technology inside the box and their own name on the utside? / jakob -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AIT tape loaders-any real world experiences?
AFAIK, you are correct. All these guys are OEMing Sony's mechanism into their boxes. BTW, Seagate isn't making the Sidewinder200 anymore. The reason we went with Seagate's box is because we've had very good experiences with their tech support and service. And indeed they came through in this case too - I had an advance replacement the next day, no questions asked. I like that. :-) Let me just ask you, we're looking into getting an AIT, isn't it Sony that are doing all the technology stuff and other brands, like Seagate and LaCie put Sonys technology inside the box and their own name on the utside? / jakob -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: AIT tape loaders-any real world experiences?
Seagate has stopped selling AIT units (although you can still buy leftover stock in the channels). All AIT heads are made by Sony but other companies do add-value. For instance, we have an optional two line, 40 column LCD not available on a "stock" Sony. It has two processors instead of one. The display works even if the drive should lock up for any reason. The diag ability can really be handy. We can also take two or more of the AIT units and provide modes like mirroring, striping, off-line tape duplication/verify and single mode. Moral of the story? Not all AIT units are created equal, even if the heads are all made by Sony. (Shelby is to Ford as Cybernetics is to Sony - super tuners.) Also, not all companies will allow you to take your single Sony drive and install it into a tape library later. Be sure to ask your vendor if they will give you that type of scalability. We were the very first company to introduce AIT in the USA back in 1996. We've had excellent success with the technology ever since. Because of our true OEM relationship (not just a reseller), we also have stock on the hard to get AIT-2 tapes! We also provide our services/enhancements to Exabyte, Quantum, HP, Hitachi and other storage manufacturers. Take care! Steve www.cybernetics.com PS - The small four tape library uses a special version of the AIT drive inside - not a stock one. This means you can't swap the mech out at will. One would be better off with the fifteen tape loader -- it's only about $200 more and uses standard mechs which can be replaced/upgraded in the field. (Easier to move from AIT-2 to AIT-3, etc. -- not to mention the extra eleven slots!) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of jakob krabbe Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 8:36 AM To: retro-talk Subject: Re: AIT tape loaders-any real world experiences? (Sorry for the slow response...) Let me just ask you, we're looking into getting an AIT, isn't it Sony that are doing all the technology stuff and other brands, like Seagate and LaCie put Sonys technology inside the box and their own name on the utside? / jakob -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Finding backup device
Thanks Matthew, I'd really like to try that, but the manual won't install on the server, something about entering safe mode or something (remember, I'm a Mac guy trying to deal with an NT client and have no idea what's going on here). When I try to download the windows manual, it comes in an exe file. Is there any way to get a pdf copy of the windows manual so that I can read in on my Mac. I don't have access to any other Windows machine that I can try this on. Thanks. Don PS: I'll call tech support when they open. on 5/11/00 1:56 PM, Matthew Tevenan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don, Take a look at p. 188 of the Retrospect User's Guide. If that doesn't help, give us a call. Regards, Matthew Technical Support Specialist Dantz Development Corporation 925.253.3050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Don Foy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "retro-talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 13:50:36 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Finding backup device Ok, Mac guy in a Windows world question. Have a Windows NT client station that I have installed Retrospect 5.0 on. Can't upgrade to 5.1 yet because have no internet on machine and no way to network it with rest of the place, which is all Macs. When I go to set Retrospect up, it says it can't find a backup device. The HP Colorado 8GB Travan atapi drive installed in the machine (generic box, Intel processor) is on the list of supported drives, but does not show up in the CONFIGURE: DEVICES panel. With Mac and SCSI I have never had any problems with situations like this, but I don't want to start messing with this particular machine as I know squat about Windows NT and this is our main circulation server (Not an NT Server, just client acting as a server using peer-to-peer sharing). If I screw it up, they kill me. Any help here or do I need to head straight to Dantz Tech Support? Thanks Don === Don Foy Herald-Citizen Webmaster and Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.herald-citizen.com Personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives:http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/ Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
