Thanks to all who responded.  After absorbing all your comments, I've
concluded that the drives would work as long as I kept to the 'one
drive at a time' limitation.  However, since MPE doesn't have a mechanism
to configure and enforce this limitation, HP couldn't conscientiously
support this configuration and still maintain the level of reliability
that we all expect.

It looks like Denys Beauchemin's suggestion of a small autoloader will
provide a better solution for mounting weekend backup tapes and keep my
system within HP's supported configuration.

Thanks much,

Tom

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:36:32 -0400, I asked:

>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.
 <<snip>>
>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?

Thomas M. Root
Desert Schools Federal Credit Union
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