We have just got a Storage Tek L80, with SDLT drives. I have to say it is excellent so far. I was using an aging DLT 4000 autoloader, and compared to that the STK is lightyears ahead. We use it in conjunction with Netbackup 4.5 and all in all it is working well, with extreamly good performanc both using NDMP and using cross network backups for other systems.

The main swaying point for a unit like the STK L80 was that each drive can be used independantly, meaning we can get more from our investment, backing up NT systems, UNIX boxes and the NetApp.

Simon

-----Original Message----- From: Barry Lustig [mailto:barry-dated-1040712031.6fa001@lustig.com] Sent: 19 December 2002 06:41 To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Jukeboxes for filers

What jukeboxes are people running on their filers, DLT, AIT-2, etc? Are you happy with what you've chosen? The last group of folks I worked with had a Spectralogic juke with AIT-2 and Netvault. It took way too long to get the problems with firmware on the juke and the drives working with the software.

barry