Couldn’t agree more; we were taken off guard by that answer from Quantum’s support.  We had been looking for a reasonably priced entry-level autoloader that would take LTO2 or greater, and the SuperLoader3 came in at a decent price and little rack space.  Been a great performer, too.  Luckily, we only lost a daily tape (differential), so it wasn’t a huge deal, but if it’d been from our Monthly pool, we’d have been in a world of hurt.  So, too late to turn back now, we were just looking for a work-around.  Seems to be doing well so far, though I imagine the tapes will wear faster.

 

--Jeremy

 


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Drescher
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 12:38
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: bacula-users
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Resolved: FW: Autoloader: Replace tape in magazine after backups complete?

 

> except our Quantum SuperLoader3 has an inaccessible tape drive, and in
> the event of a malfunction, like we had, your tape is stuck in that
> drive for life (to try to remove it voids the warranty).

The Bacula documentation entry for the unit's compatibility should have a
LARGE warning next to it.

This kind of thing is unacceptable in an individual tape drive, let alone
a library.

Agreed. I had a similar problem with my Exabyte magnum 224 yesterday. The drive would not unload the tape in drive 0. Peeking through the air holes in the front I saw that the tape was indeed in the drive but the robot was not attempting to unload it at all. After a power cycle of the autoloader the tape came out on the first try. To me this is an unacceptable behavior but at least there was a fix...

John

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