Re: DLT vs. AME autoloaders.

2001-07-07 Thread Bernhard R. Erdmann
I was wondering if anyone had experience with various drivers for autoloaders with DLT or AME autoloaders in Linux. Every dealer that I talk to claims that I must buy 3rd party software to get the drivers for their autoloaders/libraries. From the posts to the list, it seems that there are

Re: DLT vs. AME autoloaders.

2001-07-07 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 at 10:37pm, C. Chan wrote In short there is no simple answer. Exactly. Let me add one more thing to consider, and that is vendor reliability. Some groups here were recently testing AIT2 vs. Mammoth2. They liked Mammoth2, but went with AIT2 because a) it offered similar

Re: DLT vs. AME autoloaders.

2001-07-07 Thread C. Chan
Also Sprach Joshua Baker-LePain: On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 at 10:37pm, C. Chan wrote In short there is no simple answer. Exactly. Let me add one more thing to consider, and that is vendor reliability. This might be better described as vendor viability - how likely is it a vendor will exist

Re: DLT vs. AME autoloaders.

2001-07-06 Thread Olivier Nicole
The next part of my question is about DLT vs. AME technologies themselves. It seems like everyone uses DLT for its reliability but AME (including Mammoth and AIT) boast faster transfer rates and greater capacity. I was wondering if anyone had any horror stories or personal experiences to help

Re: DLT vs. AME autoloaders.

2001-07-06 Thread C. Chan
Also Sprach Olivier Nicole: The next part of my question is about DLT vs. AME technologies themselves. It seems like everyone uses DLT for its reliability but AME (including Mammoth and AIT) boast faster transfer rates and greater capacity. I was wondering if anyone had any horror stories