Thanks for the info Kelly. Honestly, because of this feature we will
definitely be looking into other libraries. This would not be sufficient
for the bulk of tape loads that we do on a daily basis - especially, when we
would have 3 robots, 2 ATLs and 2 Qualstar - 1 of each in a different
building.
Has you or anyone worked with Adic libraries?
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly J. Lipp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Qualstar Library
Short answer: yes you check them out one at a time and run to I/O port to
take them out. Pain in the arse!
You can also do a checkout libvol remove=no and then go and open the door
and remove the tapes from the slots as appropriate.
We work closely with Qualstar. I will mention that a bulk port makes sense.
Perhaps they'll get that for us.
Thanks,
Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
(719) 531-5926
Fax: (240) 539-7175
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.storsol.com
www.storserver.com
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Barth, Terry (MBS)
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Qualstar Library
Hello All -
I have a question. We currently have an ATLP3000 that can eject up to 12
tapes at a time to take offsite. We have been thinking about purchasing a
Qualstar TLS4121 with AIT technology. However, we noticed that there appears
to be only 1 slot <load port> to handle the checkout of tapes.
My question is, if you have a Qualstar robot - how do you handle it when you
need to checkout more than 1 tape? Do you have to do them 1 at a time?
Meaning, do you have to checkout a tape, remove it and then checkout the
next. Whereas on our ATLP3000, we can checkout up to 12 tapes without
having to run back to the robot after each one. The reason that I am asking,
is that our offsite storage tapes range from 8 to about 16 a day and to do
these 1 at a time will be annoying.
Any information on this will be appreciated.
Terry
