On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:13:28 -0400, Chris Bartram <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>
>From the specs, DLT4000s wouldn't seem to buy us much time or media savings
>(just perhaps that RELIABILITY thing!)... If we were going to make the "leap"
>to DLT, I'd really like to be able to show a time or media savings...


Then the DLT7000 may be what you are looking for. They street price
for about $4.5K each. Haven't checked HP's list price....

> not
>just "we need to switch 'cause those two umpteen-thousand-dollar DDS3 drives
>are causing us to lose data'. Doesn't sound good for us, nor does it make the
>powers-that-pay feel very inclined to spend $50k+ to outfit us with DLTs
>(dual drives and media).

$50K? How many are you buying? Are you buying 2 for each machine you
have? Perhaps you could get away with just one, if the backup
performance is acceptable. You could always buy a 2nd unit for just
one machine, and test the tapes just on that machine. Or you could buy
a DLT autloader and networked backup software ..... or .... well you
have lots of options. :)

Look at at this way: What will be the cost to the organization if you
are unable to restore a customer database after some disaster? Could
that conceivably cost you more than $50,000 in lost revenue? If so ..
that sounds like a pretty good justification to me.

>I can hear it now; "HP's DDS3 drives are unreliable,
>so you want us to spend another $50k to buy HP DLTs?!?!?" (I know HP doesn't
>manufacture the DLTs, but you get the idea.)

Tell them it's really a Quantum DLT mechanism .... HP just puts their
badge on it.
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