+--- In a previous state of mind, Steve Gremban gremban@msp.sc.ti.com wrote: | | In the February '98 issue of SysAdmin magazine they do an evaluation of the | Sony AIT, Exabyte Mammoth, and the Quantum DLT. They compare head life, tape | capacity, cost per GB compressed/uncompressed, media load and file access times, | transfer rates compressed/uncompressed, etc., and end up recommending the Sony. | | I am using Quantum DLT technology and find it performs well, is reliable, and | is supported on the Netapp. I'm not sure whether the Sony or Exabyte are | supported yet. |
I would like to see AIT supported; we currently use DLT, but as our backup needs are approaching 300GB (well, as soon as I get my new filer), DLT is not cutting it (backup/restore times are too long). Also, the media is a huge problem (DLT's are not all too happy with a drop...).
I suspect that these additional drives will be supported eventually.
Alexei