Yes. We are currently starting the evaluation of an IBM 3584 Ultrium LTO.
We, like countless others, have exceeded DLT's capacity. So here are some
good things about LTO..
media cost: about $85 each
drive cost: about $11K each
Library cost: Still don't have an exact number to give, but VERY competitive
from what we have heard.
HERE ARE SOME GOTCHA'S !!!:
Most shops like us are using HVD, High Voltage Differential, with our
current DLT environments with Adaptec 2944UW or similar SCSI adapters.
LTO have been released with LVD, Low Voltage Differential, you will need to
have a SCSI card like Adaptecs 2940 to use these drives or wait until HVD
later this month.
No FIBRE drives until Q1/Q2 next year.
IBM goofed on their SCSI/Fibre support in my humble opinion. We are trying
to integrate an LTO into our SAN testing and the SAN DATA GATEWAY for LVD
wont be out until the end of this month. Not a big deal to most of you folks
if you are just starting out on this LTO adventure.
Here is a link with more info:
http://www.storage.ibm.com
http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/tape/lto/prod_data/lto_3-16.pdf
I'll let everyone know what else we find out...
CR
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Cris Robinson
Storage Engineering
Information Technology Services & Support
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
603.245.4837
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> From: Steve Harris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 8:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: Anybody out there looking at LTO (linear tape)
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> What's the media cost?
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> It seems to me that most midrange tape media are priced by capacity and
> cost of the previous generation less a small discount rather than any
> relation to the actual cost of production. Does this trend continue with
> Ultrium?
>
> Steve Harris
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> AIX/ADSM/Oracle/HACMP Guy
> The Wesley Hospital, Brisbane Australia
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> "Joshua S. Bassi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 29/09/2000
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> As an IBM Business Partner we have been involved with LTO since early
> 1999. We have found it impressively reliable - LTO's roots are in
> Magstar 3590.
>
> Right now we have several proposals out for the 3583 Scalable Ultrium
> Library. Other vendors are pitching DLT. Our customers are leaning
> towards us due to LTO's impressive price/performance ratio.
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> Joshua S. Bassi
> Senior Technical Consultant
> Symatrix Technology, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Sattler, Lynn
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:47 AM
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> Subject: Anybody out there looking at LTO (linear tape)
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>
> We have a lot of DLT drives, but they fail a lot.
>
> We have looked at an IBM 3494 with 3590e's, but they are expensive and
> Sunguard in Philadelphia only has only 4 drives.
>
> Additional IBM 3590 drives are about $850 per month to have on contract.
>
> We are currently researching an LTO robot and drives from IBM. IBM calls
> it an Anaconda or a Ultrium.
>
> It is hardware that is a result of a consortium of Open Systems vendors.
> It
> is priced in the DLT range less than $10,000 per drive.
>
> Anyone out there know anything good or bad.
>
> Also, we are wondering how fast Sunguard will have this equipment. Based
> on
> it's price we feel it will be soon.
>
>
> Lynn Sattler
> Dana Corp
> Toledo Oh
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