I bought this for our office server which before-hand was running a DDS5 tape drive. I have to say the DDS5 backup system we had was excellent and never caused me any problems.
We got to a point where we needed two tapes to do a backup, and considering we keep backups for up to a month, thats a hell of a lot more tapes we would have to buy.
After a lot of research and learning about DLT and SDLT, we discovered the V160. DLT allows backups to 40GB (80GB Compressed) and SDLT is alot more (i forget the figures). DLT would not have been enough and SDLT is a hell of a lot more expensive.
Quantums V160 is right in the middle of the two and each tape can store up to 160GB data if compressed. We managed to get the drive for around £700 and then bought a number of tapes. It was delivered direct from Quantum within a week.
The one problem I had was - no SCSI cable which really annoys me when it's a SCSI device. If i didn't have a mass collection of the damn things, I would have had to go out and buy one. The instructions were not great, although anybody installing such a device would probably have enough knowledge.
It's been in use a while now - no problems, no hardware conflicts, nothing. Everything is running just ticketyboo! The DDS5 drive is backing up from our other server and DDS4 has gone out the window.
ALl in all and excellent product for it's price.
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You've definitely sold it to the IT manager but what about the MD who doesn't know where the on button is? I felt a bit blinded with science after reading this one but I'd have been intrigued to have had it explained to me. Cheers Sweary.
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