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>www.dirtcheapdrives.com is a good source for the rack mount hardware, both drive and primary system enclosures, and I've got reasonably good sources for PC Power and Cooling stuff if you've got a small fortune to spend...

Cool, I'll check them out.

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>One temptation for yourself - $695 for a refurbished Quantum 15-30GB DLT in an external enclosure, rather than the $1800-1900 for a new 20-40GB drive, is my idea of a good price. You can get a 1 year or 6 year warranty on the refurb, and CSC has been around long enough to believe they'll still be open for business in 6 years. They also have refurbed Archive DDS-2 DAT autoloaders for cheap (about $400 refurbed), but I'm not sold on the mechanical reliability of the cheap autoloader mechanism in the 4596NP. My last purchase for myself was the raw HP 1554 DDS-3 drive for about $800 from Dirt Cheap Drives.

Hmm.. Since I'm a few months out on this that will give me some time to do the research. Thanks for the tips.

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>As to digging out the magazine, I was held at gunpoint and forced to go through the stacks of mags and papers in the living room yesterday, so it'd be easier to find now while the mess is localized and semi-organized.

*g*

Now that sound serious! I go through my magazine stack about once a month. The only technical ones I keep are Foxtalk and perhaps one or two other special issues. All others go to that great landfill in the sky. *g*

Best,

DD