[Shu-cdromlan] Re: Experiences with Axis StorPoint?

[John Hamill]

Although the snap server is a great device it requires too much manual
intervention to copy the entire CD or DVD across the network. It's not a
really plug and play CD/DVD solution.

We use both Snaps and a storpoint in its Meridian-Data XP Cache guise
internally here.

Also a fair number of CD and DVD titles don't work as well as they would in
the storpoint engine. It may be of interest to note that Snapserver was
developed by Meridian-Data (the original pioneers of the CD server) and they
were still shipping their Universal XP Cache CD Server using an Axis engine
along with the snap server prior to their buyout by Quantum.

john

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin Smith [mailto:racerx900@HOTMAIL.COM]
>Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2002 2:17 AM
>To: CDROMLAN@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>Subject: Re: Experiences with Axis StorPoint?
>
>
>Don't know about StorPoint but have done just what you are
>talking about
>with a DiscZerver and recently a Snap Server 4100. The Snap
>Server is what I
>would recommend. You mention caching of frequently used CD's
>and this sounds
>bad. Go with a total hard drive solution for best performance.
>
>Martin Smith
>Automation Manager
>Redford Township District Library
>
>>From: Jonathan Eaton <jeaton@LONDON.EDU>
>>Reply-To: CDROMLAN - USE OF CDROM PRODUCTS IN LAN ENVIRONMENTS
>><CDROMLAN@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>,        Jonathan Eaton
>><jeaton@LONDON.EDU>
>>To: CDROMLAN@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>>Subject: Experiences with Axis StorPoint?
>>Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:28:25 +0000
>>
>>I'm faced with a proposal to migrate our ageing NetWare /
>SCSI Express /
>>CD Tower solution for serving CDs to a shiny new Axis StorPoint set up
>>(sounds like a jukebox but with cacheing capabilities for the
>>constantly-used CD titles).  Sounds good, but I'm rather ignorant of
>>networked CD hardware solutions these days.
>>
>>Has anyone got any views or positive/negative experiences to report if
>>they've been through a similar migration?
>>
>>Also, are the CDROMLAN list archives still searchable anywhere?
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>
>>Jonathan
>>
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>>London Business School
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>>UK
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