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I need to move up from an Exabyte Mammoth2  drive to a library system. I've
been displeased by the numerous tape errors from the M2.

I'm looking at two options right now:

1. Quantum ATL Superloader with a SDLT 320 drive. I would get a $2500 credit
on tradeup to the SDLT 600 drive in the fall. The total cash outlay after
the drive upgrade would be similar to the cost of the Neo 2000, but I'd have
to buy new tapes in 6 months. Still, this is 50% more native storage than
the LTO-2.

2. Overland Storage Neo 2000 with an LTO-2 drive. This is a larger library.
I don't really need 30 media bays, but it could come in handy when I go on
vacation.

My main requirement is reliability. I figured (perhaps falsely) that the
Overland robotics would be superior or more reliable than the Quantum ATL
Superloader. I guess tape drive reliability would be a toss-up since LTO-2
is new, and so will be SDLT 600. I can't find much info on either of these.

Can anyone comment on the reliability of Overland robotics, Quantum
robotics, SDLT drives, or LTO drives?

Finally, I've found usenet to become less and less of a valuable tech
resource. It seems everyone congregates in web based bulletin boards these
days. Anyone know of a good IT admin forum dealing with issues like backups,
file services, Exchange server, etc?

Thanks a lot.