Currently I am utilizing a AIT tape library system from Cybernetics. The
small stacker holds 15 AIT/AIT 2 tapes. This is a dual drive unit (Sony
SDX-300)which allows both drives to work together or independent. In a NT4
server with a PCI F/W SCSI controller I average about 30gb per hour thruput.
This is my second AIT drive, which is also still in use on another Domain
and I have not had any problem with them, just the software. Tech support is
also very helpful. The Tape sbusystems also have the blessing of IBM if that
is important.


>  Hello All,
>
>  I am tasked with the responsibility of developing a proposal for a new
ADSM
>  server.  Presently, we have an IBM J40 w/ 256 MB ram, 25 GB of disk
>  storage.  We are using dlt2000 drives.
>
>  What I would like to poll from you all is:  What IBM AIX box you would
use
>  and what tape technology you would use.  I have gotten info on dlt8000's
>  and the ait drives.  Are there others I should be considering?  What are
>  people using today.
>
>  Thanks for your input and I have learned a lot from being on this list.
>
>  I will share the results if anyone is interested.
>
>  Marc Taylor
>  ===============================
>  Marc D. Taylor
>  Research Programmer
>  Beckman Institute Systems Services
>  Room 1714
>  Office:  217-244-7373, Fax:  217-333-8206
>  mdtaylor AT uiuc DOT edu
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