Re: reliable tape units

2004-02-16 Thread Kevin A. Pieckiel
On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 02:57:48PM -0700, David Bear wrote: > I wanted to ask this group what their experience was regarding tape > units, what your experience has been regarding reliability and > longevity. I am faced with replacing an AIT tape unit thats just over 3 > years old. Its based on a so

Re: reliable tape units

2004-02-05 Thread Matthew Bettinger
On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 09:42:34 +1100 Rowdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am really surprised its only last 3 years... but then, I don't > > know what to expect. > > > > I have an HP DDS-2 DAT drive that was "refurbished", used in an HP I can tell you what NOT to get. Someone forced Dell P

Re: reliable tape units

2004-02-05 Thread Rowdy
David Bear wrote: I wanted to ask this group what their experience was regarding tape units, what your experience has been regarding reliability and longevity. I am faced with replacing an AIT tape unit thats just over 3 years old. Its based on a sony sdx-300 series. Its had minimal use. I am real

reliable tape units

2004-02-05 Thread David Bear
I wanted to ask this group what their experience was regarding tape units, what your experience has been regarding reliability and longevity. I am faced with replacing an AIT tape unit thats just over 3 years old. Its based on a sony sdx-300 series. Its had minimal use. I am really surprised its o