I use a rack full of Neo 2000's to do our DR restores through, apart from working out the initial changes (as I use an STKL180) it's always worked pretty well.
Only thing I do dislike is the cap size, on the STK you have a nice big 10 slot cap, on the stacked neos you configure up each to have a mail slot with capacity for 1 tape each, so you have to open a dor on each lib to put in or take out one tape. Other than that nice library. ...........Rikk -----Original Message----- From: Kjell Svensson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 March 2003 07:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SV: overland tape library? Hi Alexander! I´ve used some older Overlands together with TSM, with no greater difficulties than with other brands. Also I have used a LOT of Cpq/HP MSL-series, both with SDLT and LTO, which is actually the Overland 2000-series and I really, really like it, especially equipped with LTO-drives. The 4000-series is the same machine with a bigger housing, so in my opinion a great machine! One concideration though is the availibility of support for the hardware, a very important issue you´d be wise to check out carefully before deciding. Sometimes the more expensive license-manufactured brands just makes more sence in the long run. -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Alexander Lazarevich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: on 2003-03-19 20:23 Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopia: Ämne: overland tape library? Hey, Does anyone use the Overland Storage Neo 4100 or 4200 LTO-1 tape library with TSM 5.1 server? We are upgrading our tape library and our ADSM server (3.1 -> 5.1), and are trying to decide what library to get. We've been looking at the IBM 3583-L36 Tape Library, which uses 36 LTO-1 tapes, up to 7TB compressed capacity, with two LTO drives, which is gonna cost about 36K. But I recently found out about Overland storage which sells a product called NEO4100, with 3 LTO-1 drives, 60 tape slots, up to 12TB capacity compressed, which sells for about 30K. So it seems like for 6K less we can get almost twice the capacity, with an extra drive! That extra drive would totally kick butt. But if Overland hardware sucks and breaks and doesn't work well with TSM 5.1, then screw it. Any comments? Thanks in advance! Alex --- --- Alex Lazarevich | Systems Administrator | Imaging Technology Group Beckman Institute - University of Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (217)244-1565 | www.itg.uiuc.edu --- --- **************************************************************************************************** Equitas Limited, 33 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8LL, UK NOTICE: This message is intended only for use by the named addressee and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the message and any attachments accompanying it immediately. Equitas reserve the right to monitor and/or record emails, (including the contents thereof) sent and received via its network for any lawful business purpose to the extent permitted by applicable law Registered in England: Registered no. 3173352 Registered address above ****************************************************************************************************