[ale] I need to buy a couple large used tape libraries. Thoughts?

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Wed Nov 26 08:11:49 EST 2008


I have a Ecrix VXA 1U library. Holds 10 tapes and a single drive. The system
has worked flawlessly for 4 years.
They have larger capacity drives than the VXA-2 version I use.

4-6 drives is a small library. Ebay has a ton but then it's Ebay. Check out
item #300276391725

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com>wrote:

> Guys,
>
> I'm bidding a project where we are going to need a couple large tape
> libraries.  The big kind that can hold 4 or 6 drives each.
>
> I'm happy to be buying the drives separately (both LTO and DLT, one
> library each.), or if they come with the library that might be nice
> too.
>
> I'll be driving the tapes / libraries via Fedora, but I doubt that has
> any impact on the requirement.
>
> Anyway, I am not familiar with the used equipment market for this type
> of thing.  Given the economy I'm hoping I can find a couple cheap.
> Anyone know how I should start my search?
>
> Thanks
> Greg
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