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Tom Kustner wrote:
> 
> I see that ADIC is running an offer for existing ARCserve users, where
> you can get the above-mentioned Autochanger and an upgrade to ARCserve
> 6 and the ARCserve 6 autoloader option (which i$ an extra option with
> ARCserve 6) for $5000.
> 
> Has anyone used the ADIC 1200 with ARCserve with success?  Which tape
> drive did you use with it?
> 
> We are currently using ARCserve 4.02 with a Compaq DAT drive.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Kustner                   Emjay Corporation
> System/LAN Administrator      725 W. Glendale Ave.
> Email: emjay@execpc.com       Glendale, WI  53209-6509  USA
> Phone: (414) 961-0650
> Fax #: (414) 961-1649         Any opinions are mine and not Emjay's.

We used two ADIC 1200's for 3 years with HP drives and arcserve 4.02 on netware 3.11.  The 
last six months of their use were filled with problems relating to the drive heads wearing 
out, scsi bus and software initialization problems.  I have since replaced with Quantum DLT 
drives with Arcserve 6.0 on netware 4.1.  (Incidentally, we purchased and serviced the 
drives through TSR in Mequon.)  After three years of heavy usage, I can understand the heads 
wearing out.  Perhaps the new version of Arcserve would solve the other problems, I have yet 
to test the old drives on the new software.  If you go ahead with Arcserve 6.0 in any 
configuration, make sure you download the latest arcserve patches that fix a variety of 
problems, some specifically related to tape changers.

--Kurt
kevans@excel.net