[GLLUG] Tape drives

[Adam McDougall]

We are going with a new LTO-2 tape library for backing up one of our
largest user data stores.  I know you said LTO-2 is out of your budget 
but just wanted to mention that we are going with LTO technology.  I know
someone else that has a 6-drive tape library on fibre-channel and says the
drives are extremely fast, especially when using 6 in tandem :)

I can't comment on the reliability except that I haven't heard of any
complains from the other person I know using it heavily.  I would hope
that a popular standard would be trustworthy enough to use, especially
since it was designed for data backups.

We are used to ~$45 for each 40G(native) DLT tape, so $100 for each
200G(native) tape is a real nice boost, 5 times the storage on tape
for twice the tape cost.  LTO-1 should work well for you too.  
at $45, thats 3.75x the cost and one tape to swap instead of 5 :)


On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 10:07:42AM -0400, Mark Szidik/mlc wrote:

  
  
  I need to buy a tape drive for some new systems coming and am wondering
  what people are using and like.  I have in the past used all DAT drives and
  have been happy with their reliability and low cost of tapes.  However, 20
  GB native capacity is not going to cut it for these new systems.  I am
  looking at LTO-1 drives 100GB native capacity and SDLT drives with 160GB
  capacity. The LTO-2 drive 200GB native is about out of my budget. These
  drives will have the capacity for me, but I am wondering how well the
  drives themselves hold up to daily backups and how well the tapes last.  I
  was shocked to see that the LTO-1 tapes cost about $45 each and the SDLT
  tapes are $145 each and LTO-2 tapes are about $100 each.  I guess I was
  used to $12 for a DDS4 tape.
  
  Any comments?
  
  Thanks,
  ---
  Mark Szidik
  Michigan Library Consortium
  1407 Rensen Street, Suite 1,  Lansing, MI 48910-3657
  Ph:800.530.9019 x17   Fax:517.394.2096
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