Dave,
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.
-Steve Gremban gremban@ti.com
+--- 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
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