>>Ed,
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>>Hey, do you have any general or specific recommendations for autochanging DLT devices? I have been tasked with finding one and thought immediately of you. <g>
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>DLT, think Quantum; CSC has some low-cost older models (15/30GB DLT drives, factory refurbs, for $295.) MegaHaus and Dirt Cheap Drives have a number of DLT products Quantum 20/40 and 40/80 drives) and VXA and AIT drives, and I think Bason also had them, but their site was down.
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>I've used both the 2700 and 4700 Quantum autochangers; frankly, I'd be inclined to look at some of the DDS-4 libraries like HP offers, or VXA if really large volumes of data are involved.
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>CSC - www.corpsys.com
>MegaHaus - www.megahaus.com
>Dirt Cheap Drives - http://www.dirtcheapdrives.com/cgi-bin/webstore.exe
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>One I've never deal with, but had several libraries at good prices:
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>FireSale.com - http://www.firesale.com/hpa/products/get_products_new.cfm?equip_category=tapedr
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>>In the meantime I'll wander over to HP and other places of interest.
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>>Thanks in advance!

Ed,

Thanks again. We're also looking to use some 1U (if possible) net servers with a 'beefy' SQL server holding the data and squirting that data to a second SQL box in the home office (via the Internet).