We found that stacks of Pioneer changers were far more reliable for the
average user since a single failure meant only 6 platters were down,
whereas in a jukebox a single drive failure could kill most server side
jukebox control software. Throw in an extra changer at no cost to the
customer and you've got a spare for insurance.
I think a small bank of tower machines with multiple IDE interfaces and
all shared under dfs or some such thing as a single share would be a cheap
and reliable solution to the jukebox dilemma.
Scott Marlowe email: smarlowe@ihs.com (work)
Systems Engineer phone: (303)858-6106
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Jens Benecke wrote:
> The price is the problem. If I set up an old 486 with a IDE hard disk and
> four times six CDROM slots, this will come much much cheaper than buying
> one of those jukeboxes. You can get a six-times IDE changer for EUR 70.
> SCSI changers start at EUR 150.
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