Greetings Hive-Mind I'm setting up some 30-odd sites with TSM - probably 5.3.1 by the time we get to production - on Windows 2003 Standard. I'm at the stage of specifying the hardware that we will be using. There are two preferred suppliers, Dell and HP, and we are offering our sites the choice of SDLT320 or LTO2. LTO2 is our preference, but there is a lot of existing SDLT infrastructure out there. Different sites will get different libraries depending on data volume.
Thus the choices of library are the Dell PowerVault 132T or 136T, which are re-badged ADIC Scalar 24 and 100 respectively or the HP MSL50xx (SDLT) or 60xx (LTO2) libraries, which come in a 5RU/2drive or 10RU/4 drive combinations. Can I have your war stories, and good or bad experiences with these libraries? any caveats or things to watch? Are they reliable, and when they break, which bits break? With the HP libraries, how speedy and/or reliable is the elevator mechanism which is used to connect libraries together? Respond to the list if you like or respond direct to me and I will summarise for the group if you prefer. Regards Steve Steve Harris TSM Admin Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia *********************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone or by return email. You should also delete this email and destroy any hard copies produced. ***********************************************************************************
