DLT vs AIT

[mantislee]

Researching company's new Backup solution. Looking for a few opinions on Quantum DLT's vs Sony's AIT format. Major points that I know now:

1. AIT is faster
2. AIT is cheaper
3. DLT has a proven record for reliablity
4. In reference to #3 this proven record has been proven for years and years now (time for new technology?)

Any opinions are appricated.
Thanks, Mantislee
Systems Administrator
mantislee@yahoo.com

 

[Zelandakh]

Depends on how much you are backing up and how often.

I use DLT for small amounts of data (single tape) as I find DLT autoloaders to be vastly expensive.

Using multi tape loaders I have AIT as it is faster (250MB/min without compression or agents). I regularly back up 200GB a night. I use the 15 tape library on a 35/70 which is the dogs. The library was the same price as a single DLT 70/140 and the AIT works up to 1GB with compression...

 

[rravi]

We are planning to purchase Sony AIT-2 tape libarry.How much time does it take to backup up 1.5 gig an how reliable is it? Thankyou.

Raja

 

[mantislee]

(250MB/min without compression or agents).

Very reliable compared to DLT. Mantislee
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mantislee@yahoo.com