Too good to be true?

[Phil Stracchino-3]

Since my LTO1 drive has developed some intermittent faults, I went
looking to see what repair/replacement costs might be, and stumbled
across this interesting part number:

OV-ARC901007

If you google that, you'll find it is quite widely stocked by multiple
vendors including Amazon, and listed as an internal expansion drive for
Overland LTO3 tape libraries.  At prices mostly under $200.



Yeah.  That's right.  An LVD-SCSI internal LTO3 drive, 400GB native
capacity, brand new, for under $200.

Seems too good to be true.

Does anyone happen to know whether this is, in fact, a fully functional
drive (aside from the lack of a bezel) and whether it could be used as a
standalone internal tape drive?  If so, it seems an insanely inexpensive
way to get into some large-capacity tape backup.


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[Sridhar Ayengar]

Phil Stracchino wrote:

> Since my LTO1 drive has developed some intermittent faults, I went
> looking to see what repair/replacement costs might be, and stumbled
> across this interesting part number:
>
> OV-ARC901007
>
> If you google that, you'll find it is quite widely stocked by multiple
> vendors including Amazon, and listed as an internal expansion drive for
> Overland LTO3 tape libraries.  At prices mostly under $200.
>
>
>
> Yeah.  That's right.  An LVD-SCSI internal LTO3 drive, 400GB native
> capacity, brand new, for under $200.
>
> Seems too good to be true.
>
> Does anyone happen to know whether this is, in fact, a fully functional
> drive (aside from the lack of a bezel) and whether it could be used as a
> standalone internal tape drive?  If so, it seems an insanely inexpensive
> way to get into some large-capacity tape backup.

Here's hoping you get an unambiguous answer.  I could use bigger backup
tape.

Peace...  Sridhar
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[Ian Finder]

I'm so close to biting the bullet and trying one-- I'm in dire need of
cheap backup.

If I've got the money and end up going through with it I'll let you
all know, but if someone has a definitive answer that'd obviously be a
lot better.

- F

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster@...> wrote:

> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>>
>> Since my LTO1 drive has developed some intermittent faults, I went looking
>> to see what repair/replacement costs might be, and stumbled across this
>> interesting part number:
>>
>> OV-ARC901007
>>
>> If you google that, you'll find it is quite widely stocked by multiple
>> vendors including Amazon, and listed as an internal expansion drive for
>> Overland LTO3 tape libraries.  At prices mostly under $200.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah.  That's right.  An LVD-SCSI internal LTO3 drive, 400GB native
>> capacity, brand new, for under $200.
>>
>> Seems too good to be true.
>>
>> Does anyone happen to know whether this is, in fact, a fully functional
>> drive (aside from the lack of a bezel) and whether it could be used as a
>> standalone internal tape drive?  If so, it seems an insanely inexpensive way
>> to get into some large-capacity tape backup.
>
> Here's hoping you get an unambiguous answer.  I could use bigger backup
> tape.
>
> Peace...  Sridhar
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