Aron.Darling at Emulex.Com wrote: > Loader are totally a love/hate relationship. They do make life a lot > easier as they do the tape movements for you which can be a tedious > thing at times. With a loader or library you can script the entire > operation with tar, MTX and MT and let cron do all the work for you. > Always look for the OEM rather than buying the name brand equipment, > they are most always the same HW and FW with a different model number in > it. otoh, its hard to beat a 3 year warranty and on location support from the same vendor as your server hardware, assuming your a brand name shop in the first place.... hugely reduces finger pointing when there's a complex issue to resolve. with OEM hardware bought on the whitebox market, you're often faced with replace or self-repair option at cost.