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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Thomas M. Root [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:37 AM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        [HP3000-L] Multiple DLTs on one controller?

        I'm setting up a system that will have 3 DLT tape drives and I have
been
        told that each drive needs its own FWD SCSI controller.  I
understand that
        a DLT consumes the entire bandwith of a FWD SCSI channel, but the
plan for
        three drives is to be able to preload tapes for three days' (a
holiday
        weekend's) backup without needing a operator to mount new tapes.  Is
there
        any reason that I can't hang all three drives on a single FWD SCSI
        controller as long as I only use one drive at a time?

        TIA

        Thomas M. Root
        Desert Schools Federal Credit Union
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