Okay so this brings us to the next question.... what are the differences
between say the A3542A and the C1554AI? Is it just what HP will "support" on
the 3k? It doesn't bother me to change drives... I just dropped our two DDS2
drives from support because they wanted $420 each a year. If you were to use
a the less expensive drive do you just tell the system it's the higher
priced unit, or another DAT drive?

-Lane


on 1/28/00 7:59 AM, John Painter at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Denys:
>
> You are quite right-- the A3542A, which is the "official" HP 3000
> internal add-on DDS3 drive, is very expensive compared to even HP DDS3
> drives sold for HP Netservers.
<snip>
> Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> John wrote: That is incorrect. The A3542A 003 is a new field add-on DDS3
>> drive.
>> List is
>> $3670.00. There is also an A3542AR, which is a remarketed version. Lose your
>> HP
>> contacts and find a good Channel Partner... ;-)
>>
>> To which I respond:  "Wow those are high prices.!"
>> I went to www.dirtcheapdrives.com to have a look at some prices, here is what
>> I
>> found.
>>
>> For internal devices:
>> An HP C1554AI DDS-3 drive for $769.
>> A DLT4000 for $1599.
>> An HP C5686A LVD/SCSI DDS-4 device for $1169
>> A DLT7000 for $3979
>> A DLT8000 for $4289
>> An HP C5648A DDS-3 6 cartridge autoloader for $1999
>>
>> I only listed HP and Quantum equipment  here. (Remember all DLTs are made by
>> Quantum.)